Baby Could Be Exposed to Air Pollution Even in the Womb, Study Finds

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Baby Could Be Exposed to Air Pollution Even in the Womb, Study Finds
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Time to buy that air purifier.

Here’s yet another reason to care about pollution and climate change: For the first time, researchers have proven that soot can actually make its way through the placenta, building up on the side that faces baby.

It doesn’t matter if you live in a high-pollution place, like a city, or a more rural area where pollution likely isn’t as intense. When a group of Belgian scientists analyzed 20 placentas, 10 from high-exposure areas and 10 from low, they found black carbon in every single one., also revealed that they tested an additional five placentas from miscarriages. Again, they found black carbon in each one.

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