Topic: Air Pollution Delivers Smaller Babies
Author: Hannah Hoag and Nature magazine
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Summary: Pregnant women who have been exposed to higher levels of some types of air-pollution are slightly more likely to give birth to underweight babies, a large international study has found. The results are published online today in Environmental Health Perspectives.Low birth weight — defined as a newborn baby weighing less than 2.5 kilograms —increases the risk of infant mortality and childhood diseases, and has been-associated with developmental and health problems later in life, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The observational study pooled data from 3 million births at 14 research centers in 9 countries, including the United States, South Korea and Brazil.
Author: Hannah Hoag and Nature magazine
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Summary: Pregnant women who have been exposed to higher levels of some types of air-pollution are slightly more likely to give birth to underweight babies, a large international study has found. The results are published online today in Environmental Health Perspectives.Low birth weight — defined as a newborn baby weighing less than 2.5 kilograms —increases the risk of infant mortality and childhood diseases, and has been-associated with developmental and health problems later in life, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The observational study pooled data from 3 million births at 14 research centers in 9 countries, including the United States, South Korea and Brazil.
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article is the cause of a mother that is pregnant that has been exposed to higher levels of some types of air pollution. The mother can actually slightly more likely to give birth to underweight babies, a large
international study has found. Also, were in the observational study pooled data from 3 million births at 14 research centers in
9 countries, including the United States, South Korea and Brazil and it slowly scared me for the future.
After reading this article I learned some facts about air pollution can exposed babies. Another thing that I learned is that a pregnant mother can also exposed her child even though the kid isn't outside her stomach. Also, the most shocked me is that United States were part of the birth pool which is cause of the f fossil fuels by industry and
transportation and from burning firewood, but can also includeparticles of dust or sea salt.