Babies more likely to have heart defects from Louisiana’s areas with industrial pollution, study finds

Compared to infants in the state’s low-pollution areas, the odds were 4.3 times higher for babies from toxic hotspotsA study looking at babies hospitalized in New Orleans found that babies born to mothers from neighborhoods in south-east Louisiana with high levels of industrial pollution were four times more likely to suffer from severe congenital heart defects.Published last week, the study in the Environmental Health journal…
Compared to infants in the state’s low-pollution areas, the odds were 4.3 times higher for babies from toxic hotspotsA study looking at babies hospitalized in New Orleans found that babies born to mothers from neighborhoods in south-east Louisiana with high levels of industrial pollution were four times more likely to suffer from severe congenital heart defects.Published last week, the study in the Environmental Health journal…
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