Even low levels of traffic pollution can harm babies in the womb. The higher the levels of pollution, the more significant the damage.
A study carried out involving 74,000 expecting mothers, spanning from 1994 to 2011, has been analysed and presented.
The results are shocking.
Babies suffer in the womb from pollution inhaled by the mother, and these pollutants are directly related to passing traffic and to industrial fumes.
Dover has a particularly high rate of traffic-related pollution, but are the local Authorities keeping us informed of the dangers linked to high volumes of traffic?
http://news.sky.com/story/1154600/air-pollution-linked-to-low-birthweight