Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most

"every temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius in the week before delivery corresponded with a 6 percent greater likelihood of stillbirth between May and September. Both studies found racial disparities in the number of stillbirths."

"ozone...associated with preterm births, low birth weights and stillbirths...high exposure to air pollution during the final trimester of pregnancy was linked to a 42 percent increase in the risk of stillbirth."

"African Americans are less likely to have health insurance, less likely to have access to healthy foods, less likely to have access to green space to shield them from heat waves, and more likely to live close to sources of pollution."

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