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2011-04-12
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ScienceDaily
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Prenatal Exposure to ... Pollutants ...Behavioral Problems in Young Children

"Mothers' exposure during pregnancy to pollutants created by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and other organic material may lead to behavioral problems in their children, according to a new study. Researchers found that within a sample of 215 children monitored from birth, those children with high levels of a pollution exposure marker in their cord blood had more symptoms of attention problems and anxiety/depression at ages 5 and 7 than did children with lower exposure." (Quoted from article)

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