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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The list of reasons you should be worried about air pollution just got a little longer. Two recent studies have highlighted how the most vulnerable members of society, babies and young children, may be suffering serious health consequences due to air pollution in their communities:
Researchers from Harvard University?s School of Public Health reported that pregnant women exposed to high levels of diesel particulates or mercury were twice as likely to have an autistic child compared with peers in low-pollution areas.
A new research paper published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), found that growing up in areas with high air pollution raises the risk of insulin resistance (the precursor to diabetes) in children, as reported in Science Daily.
http://www.care2.com/causes/could-air-pollution-cause-autism-and-diabetes-in-children.html
Researchers from Harvard University?s School of Public Health reported that pregnant women exposed to high levels of diesel particulates or mercury were twice as likely to have an autistic child compared with peers in low-pollution areas.
A new research paper published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), found that growing up in areas with high air pollution raises the risk of insulin resistance (the precursor to diabetes) in children, as reported in Science Daily.
http://www.care2.com/causes/could-air-pollution-cause-autism-and-diabetes-in-children.html