At higher risk of having low birth weight, are babies born to mothers living near oil, gas wells, study finds

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

The below Jun. 3, 2020 press release is from the University of California at Berkeley. Living near active oil and gas wells may put pregnant people at higher risk of having low birth weight babies, especially in rural areas, finds a new study of birth outcomes in California. The study, funded by the California Air […]

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