Children living near highways are more susceptible to respiratory diseases - Instablogs
Children living near highways are more susceptible to respiratory diseases
Anupam Agnihotri , Shimla: Sep 9 2008
Made Popular Sep 9 2008
As a child, those who live near highways may not have fully developed lungs, which may turn such children more vulnerable to several respiratory and heart problems in the later phase of their lives. This fact popped out of a study conducted by U.S....
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Tags: Traffic, Traffic pollution, Traffic-borne pollution, Air pollution
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Leila Lewis
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Leila Lewis Dec 2 2008
Jersey, United States
Urban life, I think, is not the place for kids, not only due to higher crime rate in cities but because air in these places will get them illness. Children living near the highways are more likely to acquire airborne disease. Sadly, many of this kids are living, apparently, without parents. They have no one to get them to hospital. And no one to get them individual health insurance.
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