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New Study Suggests Air Pollution Linked to Premature Birth

Posted on April 01, 2016

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

A new study published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that air pollution in the United States may be causing thousands of premature births per year. The reasons why are not entirely understood but scientists suspect that pollution can cause inflammation of the placenta during pregnancy. Premature birth is associated with a number […]

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