How about you look outside US? Russian scientists did a whole bunch of studies, and concluded that that chance of mental retardation grew super-linearly with the amount of alcohol consumed.

So yeah, if you want retards--drink away.

Can you not wait nine months to get your buzz on - at least till all the science is in?

One of my professors spent a whole day on fetal alcohol syndrome. This was in 2001, but she said there was no safe level of consumption during pregnancy. The teratogenic effects could be the result of a single beverage, according to her.