Air Pollution Near Power Plants Tied To Premature Births

NICHOLAS BAKALAR, NY Times: Health
Tue, 05/22/2018 - 2:46pm

Closing coal- and oil-fired power plants is associated with a reduction in preterm births in the surrounding region, researchers report.

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