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Environmental Health
Closure of Coal-Burning Power Plant in China Directly Linked to Improved Cognitive Development in Children; New Study Comparing Children Exposed In Utero to Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants with Children not Prenatal
July 31st, 2008
A peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Health Perspectives demonstrates that closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health. Led by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the study allowed researchers to track and compare the development of two groups of children born in Tongliang, a city in China's Chongqing Municipality – one in utero while a coal-fired power plant was operating in the city and one in utero after the Chinese government had closed the plant. Among the first group of children, prenatal exposure to coal-burning...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-31)
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