Research Suggests Air Pollution Can Travel To The Placenta During Pregnancy

reports using a novel scanning technique, researchers “spotted a type of particle pollution — sootlike black carbon — on placentas donated by 28 new mothers.” The study “suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta.” The findings (9/17, Bové) were published in Nature Communications. Reuters (9/17, Emery) reports the study “found that the more https://www.apnews.com/41bb3181463e4841b1464d5a459f756f