A new investigation has come to light that relates live near a highway with a higher risk of the baby suffering from childhood leukemia.
Previous research already linked the fact of living near the contamination of the vehicles with the effects on premature delivery and with the deterioration of the lung development of the children.
It is something we may not repair, but air pollution can harm more than we think. According to the study, prolonged exposure to gases generated by road traffic increases the risk of developing leukemia in the childhood stage when the mother has lived near a highway during pregnancy.
Specifically, living less than 100 meters from a road with heavy traffic during pregnancy doubles the risk of developing childhood leukemia, an effect that decreases as the distance increases.
AdvertisingLeukemia is one of the great evils of childhood today. It is the most common childhood cancer, so it is important to identify risk factors to fight it.
Studies like this give us an idea of how far the environment in which we live can influence the health of the future baby.
It sounds unlikely, but they should consider building homes further away from the highways because, pregnant or not, it is not healthy to be exposed 24 hours a day to car pollution.
