Prenatal exposure to air pollution and climatic factors associated with adverse birth outcomes in India

Prenatal exposure to air pollution and climatic factors associated with adverse birth outcomes in India

Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and climatic factors, such as temperature and rainfall, are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India, according to a study published July 2nd, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health by Mary Abed Al Ahad from the University of St Andrews, U.K.

How India’s pollution crisis takes its toll before birth

A new study has found a link between in-utero exposure to fine particulate matter and low birth weight and preterm birth in India. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi  investigated the relationship between in-utero exposure to ambient PM2.5 and adverse birth outcomes at the district level across India – the first such study to explore this association at such a granular level in India. Using National Family Health Survey da…