(AMANDA)
A NEW STUDY SHOWS
AIR POLLUTION
BREATHED IN BY
PREGNANT WOMEN
MAY REACH THEIR
UNBORN CHILDREN.
RESEARCHERS AT
HASSELT UNIVERSITY
IN BELGIUM FOUND
BLACK CARBON IN
THE PLACENTAS OF
25 NON-SMOKING
WOMEN AFTER THEY
GAVE BIRTH.
THAT LEADS THEM TO
BELIEVE THOSE
PARTICLES MAY HAVE
ALSO REACHED THE
FETUSES.
A LINK BETWEEN AIR
POLLUTION AND
MISCARRIAGES,
PREMATURE BIRTHS,
AND LOW BIRTH
WEIGHTS HAS
ALREADY BEEN
ESTABLISHED.
SCIENTISTS
PREVIOUSLY
BELIEVED THOSE
PARTICLES COULD
NOT CROSS
THROUGH THE
PLACENTA AND
IMPACT UNBORN
CHILDREN DIRECTLY.
ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH IS
NEEDED TO KNOW IF
THEY CAN TRAVEL
FROM THE PLACENTA
TO THE FETUS.
A SIMILAR STUDY
LAST YEAR FOUND
POLLUTANTS IN THE
PLACENTAS OF FIVE
WOMEN IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
THE POLLUTANTS
FOUND IN THE NEW
STUDY ARE THE TYPE
CREATED BY THE
BURNING OF FOSSIL
FUELS.
(AMANDA)
STILL AHEAD -- A NEW
LEVEL IN THE BATTLE
OF THE FAST FOOD
CHICKEN
SANDWICHES!
BUT BEFORE WE GO
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
INTO BLAIR COUNTY
COURTESY OF OUR
