Is The Hospital Industry's Reliance on Fossil Fuel Making People Sick?
Tags: Asthma, Child Health, Air Quality, Healthcare
New Study Finds Air Pollution Can Reach the Placenta Around a Developing Baby
According to a recent researcher's report in the online journal Nature Communications, soot breathed in by pregnant women can make is way far past their lungs, all the way into the womb surrounding their developing baby.
Tags: Child Health, Pollution, Science
Texas A&M Study Shows Severe Air Pollution Can Cause Birth Defects, Deaths
In a comprehensive study, researchers from Texas A&M University have determined that harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere can produce birth defects and even fatalities during pregnancy using the animal model.
The team of researchers from Texas A&M's Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Geosciences, the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and colleagues from the University of California-San Diego has had their findings published in the current issue of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
Tags: Child Health, Pollution