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Yessi Pratiwi — January 22, 2008 / 11:30 pm
Science Daily reported, Brisbane scientists found that exposure to air pollution significantly reduces fetus size during pregnancy.
The study compared the fetus sizes of more than 15,000 ultrasound scans in Brisbane to air pollution levels within a 14km radius of the city, and found that mothers with a higher exposure to air pollution had fetuses that were, on average, smaller in terms of abdominal circumference.
Dr Adrian Barnett , Queensland University of Technology senior research fellow said, when analyzing scans from women at different distances to monitoring sites, they found that there was a negative relationship between pollutants such as sulfur dioxide found in diesel emissions, and ultrasound measurement, if the pollution levels were high, the size of the fetus decreased significantly.
So, it will be more wise for pregnant women to try to reduce their exposure to air pollution, most of which was caused by vehicles.
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