Air Pollution Caused Pre-term Births Worldwide

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According to a study, air pollution was responsible for almost 6 million premature births in 2019 and nearly 3 million underweight infants in 2019.

The University of California-San Francisco led the study. It also included the University of Washington.

The study, published in PLOS Medicine, found that pre-term births and low birthweight could be reduced worldwide by nearly 78% if air pollution was lessened in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These regions are home to the highest pre-term birth rates and indoor pollution.

But it also found significant risks from ambient air pollution in more developed parts of the world.In the US, for example, outdoor air pollution is estimated to have contributed to almost 12,000 pre-term births in 2019.

“The air pollution-attributable burden is enormous, yet with sufficient effort, it could be largely mitigated,” said lead author Rakesh Ghosh, public health expert at the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF.

Source : TeluguStop.com