Too Young to Die: Toxic Legacy. Reynolds Holding and Erin McCormick.
by Holding, Reynolds; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 61Family. Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Agricultural pollution | Air pollution -- Physiological effect | California | Carbon monoxide | Infants -- Mortality | Mortality -- Statistics | Particulate pollution | Pesticides -- Environmental aspects | Pollution -- Physiological effect | Smog | Water pollutionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Although dirty air and water cannot explain any one death, new research suggests that the risk of infant mortality--death before the age of 1--is dramatically higher for women who live amid heavy pollution. Studies published in the past few years link pesticides, carbon monoxide and tiny airborne particles with birth defects, prematurity, low birth weight and respiratory ailments that can lead to an infant's demise. (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article examines the link between the pollution in Kern County, California, and the high infant mortality rate there.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Too Young to Die: Toxic Legacy, Oct. 4, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Although dirty air and water cannot explain any one death, new research suggests that the risk of infant mortality--death before the age of 1--is dramatically higher for women who live amid heavy pollution. Studies published in the past few years link pesticides, carbon monoxide and tiny airborne particles with birth defects, prematurity, low birth weight and respiratory ailments that can lead to an infant's demise. (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article examines the link between the pollution in Kern County, California, and the high infant mortality rate there.
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