AHA News: Air Pollution Means Pregnant Women Can't Breathe Easy

02 July 2019

AHA News: Air Pollution Means Pregnant Women Can't Breathe Easy

Recent studies in the United States and elsewhere have shown correlations between particulate matter in the air and high blood pressure in mothers and babies, gestational diabetes (an increase in blood sugar that affects pregnant women), and high blood pressure in children who were exposed to pollution in the womb.

Published: July 2, 2019, at 12:00 p.m.

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