Air pollution linked to low birth weight: study
- Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 12.44
- Online news: World
For pregnant women, breathing in air pollution from vehicles, heating and coal power plants increases the risk of having a low birth weight baby, an international study said.
An infant wears a mask during severe pollution in Beijing on January 12, 2013. For pregnant women, breathing in air pollution from vehicles, heating and coal power plants increases the risk of having a low birth weight baby, an international study said.
The research, the most extensive of its kind on the link between air pollution and fetal development, found that the higher the pollution, the greater the rate of children born with a low weight. It was published in the US journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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