Spikes In Air Pollution Linked To Higher Rates Of Miscarriage

[Judi Lynn]

Spikes In Air Pollution Linked To Higher Rates Of Miscarriage




Tom Hale
By Tom Hale
14 JAN 2019, 17:21

A mounting number of studies have recently linked poor air quality to a host of nasty health problems, culminating in millions of premature deaths each year. Now, yet another study has found that air pollution could have a horrific effect on unborn children.

The study, published last month in journal Fertility and Sterility, has found that high levels of air pollution were associated with a 16 percent higher risk of miscarriage in the US. Most shocking of all, the team discovered that miscarriages could be specifically linked to weeks where air quality was especially poor.

Researchers from the University of Utah analyzed the records of more than 1,300 women living in Wasatch Front, a populous chain of urban areas in Utah, who experienced miscarriages between 2007 and 2015. After accounting for other risk factors, such as maternal age, they then compared the rates of miscarriage with concentrations of three common air pollutants: small particulate matter (PM 2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone.

Certain periods, especially during the winter, experience high levels of air quality due to pollutants being trapped in pockets of cold air closer to the ground. The researchers found that there was a slight (but notable) increased risk of miscarriages in a 3- to 7-day window after there was a spike in nitrogen dioxide levels. The most prominent sources of nitrogen dioxide are motor vehicles' internal combustion engines burning fossil fuels.]

More:
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/spikes-in-air-pollution-linked-to-higher-rates-of-miscarriage/

[bobbieinok]

1. Soooo--if GOP really cares about unborn children--they get serious about evironment!! We wish!