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AIR POLLUTION AND PRETERM BIRTH


infographic of a Black woman with her newborn twins and a pregnant Black woman holding her belly

A full-term pregnancy lasts for 40 weeks. When a baby is born before 37 weeks of completed pregnancy they are preterm.


Babies weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth are low birthweight. Babies that are born too early or too small can have serious health problems.


Air pollution is linked to both preterm birth and low birth weight.



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