Closing Coal And Oil Plants Boosts Fertility, Babies’ Health,

reports a new study published this month in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that closing coal- and oil-fired power plants cuts air pollution in nearby communities, and boosts fertility rates and reduces the number of preterm births. For the study, researchers examined fertility rates and the prevalence of preterm births before and after eight power plants closed from 2001 to 2011 in California, and found “that the preterm births, defined as those that occur before 37 weeks of pregnancy, accounted for 7 percent of all births before plants closed. The rate dropped to 5.1 percent in the year afterward among populations in neighboring areas.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/studies-shuttering-coal-and-oil-power-plants-boosts-fertility-babies-health/