Monday, July 27, 2009
Does air pollution make us stupid?
Posted by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:23 PM
We talked about this a little last week. The answer is 'yes.' Air pollution can make us stupid-er.
In the first study of its kind, U.S. researchers have found a link between pregnant women being exposed to air pollution and lower IQs of their children."This is a warning bell," said the lead author of the study, Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health in New York.
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