How close can a pregnant woman be to cat litter

If pregnant, you can transmit toxoplasmosis, a rare parasitic disease, to your unborn baby and a toxoplasmosis infection can lead to miscarriage or cause malformed babies. Since toxoplasmosis can be transmitted via contact with cat feces, cat owners are told to lower their risk by putting their cats outside or even giving their cats away.

But neither is necessary, as this is a myth!

The CDC says your cat isn't the greatest threat

It's unlikely that your cat will give you toxoplasmosis. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "people are more likely to get [toxoplasmosis] from eating raw meat or from gardening." 

How do cats get toxoplasmosis?

Cats can get toxoplasmosis from eating contaminated raw meat, birds, mice or soil.

But cats aren't the only animals who can transmit it, they're just the only species to shed the infectious stage in their feces. Humans can contract toxoplasmosis from the infected, undercooked meat of other animals too.

Understanding the disease can make you feel safer

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