A new research report will be published in August in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal, "Pediatrics" about the effects of air pollution on fetal development and how it detrimentally impacts the IQ of children. There's an article about it written by neuroscientist Dan Agin in today's Huffington Post. I found the most telling part of the article to be the very last sentence: "With so much talk about 'saving the unborn' it's a pity some of that social energy isn't applied to the problem of pollution of the fetal environment. It's a problem that needs public attention." So true.
Here's the link to the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/a-new-warning-air-polluti_b_242140.html
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You must be a HuffPo fan!
We take so much for granted, including life as we know it. I agree with the premise of this article, but I also submit that the mother's lifestyle is more immediately controllable than environmental pollution. Let's focus on educating and guiding young mothers who are less concerned about the environment than they are about their urgent concerns at hand for how they're going to support their child.
JMHO
Thank you for sharing this article!
July 21, 2009 - 6:47pmThis Comment