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Air Pollution on Rise Due to Industrial Emissions and Road Dust

Contrary to the popular belief that vehicular emission is the prime cause of air pollution, a new government study has stated that industrial emissions and road dust are the prominent causes of Particulate matter (PM) air pollution....Read More

Posted on : Monday, January 24, 2011 1:39 AM
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The paper, published by researchers from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the USC Keck School of Medicine and UC Davis MIND Institute found that children born to parents living within 1,000 feet of a freeway are two times as likely to have autism. Air pollution is known to have physical and developmental effects on fetuses. However, the authors said the new study is the first to link vehicular pollutants to autism, although direct measurements of pollutants were not made. “Children born to mothers living within 309 meters of a freeway appeared to be twice as likely to have autism,” said Dr. Heather Volk, the primary author of the study.
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