Could Traffic Fumes Contribute to Miscarriages?
Could Traffic Fumes Contribute to Miscarriages? Friday October 23, 2009 According to an article in Britain’s Telegraph, researchers have uncovered a possible link between air pollution and miscarriages. In the study, Brazilian researchers exposed fertilized eggs from mice to diesel exhaust particles in a laboratory setting and then monitored the embryos’ growth. The embryos were still able to implant in the uterus, but the miscarriage risk was two and a half times higher and development appeared stunted. The effect was apparent even with low levels of exposure, reports The Press Association in an article about the same study. In addition, observational studies found that the miscarriage rates were higher in women who had been exposed to high levels of air pollution. Researche
