Before the First Breath: Why Ambient Air Pollution and Climate Change Should Matter to Neonatal-Perinatal Providers

Before the first breath: why ambient air pollution and climate change should matter to neonatal-perinatal providers

Common outdoor air pollutants present threats to fetal and neonatal health, placing neonatal-perinatal clinical specialists in an important role for harm reduction through patient counseling and advocacy. Climate change is intertwined with air pollution and influences air quality. There is increasing evidence demonstrating the unique vulnerability in the development of adverse health consequences from exposures during the preconception, prenatal…

Exposure to pollution during pregnancy linked to changes in fetal brain structures

Fetuses more exposed to certain air pollutants show changes in the size of specific brain structures, particularly during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. This is the main finding of a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), in collaboration with the BCNatal center (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Clínic, and University of Barcelona) and the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.

Maternal exposure to pollution linked to changes in foetal brain structures

New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maternal exposure to pollution, particularly during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, can affect specific brain structures of unborn babies in the womb, according to a study. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, showed that the changes were linked to brain imbalances, loss of motor coordination, and slow development. "During mid to late gestation, the foetal brain enters a key phase…