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Wildfires now the dominant contributor to unhealthy levels of air pollution for pregnant women in the US

Wildfires are well-known health risks.

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Wildfires are well-known health risks. Now, in a new Frontiers in Environmental Health study, researchers in the U.S. have—for the first time—evaluated how prenatal PM2.5 exposure has changed over space and time on a national scale and what role wildfires play in shaping these trends.

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