Car Exhaust Associated With Premature Births in Southern California

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 11:07 in Health & Medicine

Women exposed to air pollution from freeways and congested roads are much more likely to give birth to premature babies and suffer from preeclampsia, according to a study by University of California scientists published Wednesday. The findings, based on pregnant women in the Long Beach/Orange County region of Southern California, add to the growing evidence that car and truck exhaust can jeopardize the health of babies while they are in the womb. [More]

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