Pregnant women at risk: Current EPA air standards may be insufficient

Pregnant women at risk: Current EPA air standards may be insufficient

Care for the unborn is critical and widely agreed upon as being important to the child and perhaps to our very society. While there is a great deal the Mother can do regarding proper nutrition, she can do little to avoid breathing in particulate matter. Studies show that pregnant women exposed to higher levels of pm2.5 that are still within the acceptable standards set by EPA are more likely to to have intrauterine inflammation than those expose…