“New Study Finds a Link between Smog and Birth Weight — Maybe,” by American Council on Science and Health.
A new international study is suggesting that pregnant women exposed to smog have a greater risk of having a baby with low birth weight. Researchers led jointly by Tracey J. Woodruff, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive sciences at University of California San Francisco and Jennifer Parker, of the National Center for Health Statistics at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published their findings this week in Environmental Health Perspectives. Read the full article in ACSH Dispatch.
Study on Smog and Birth Weight
February 13, 2013