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Pollution and Covid-19: Delhi hit by double whammy 02:21 (CNN)Pregnant women in South Asia who have been exposed to air pollution face an increased risk of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirth, according to a new study. Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses each year across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan were associated with bad air quality. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal on Wednesday, the study suggests that if these countries met India s air quality standard, it could have prevented 7% of the annual pregnancy losses. Dirty air has previously been linked to increased miscarriages, premature births and low birth weights among infants, as a result of the effects of pollution on the mother. Other research has found that pollution can breach a mother s placenta and potentially reach fetuses in the womb. ....
Air pollution has been associated with a significant proportion of pregnancy loss in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, according to a study published in the Lancet. The study said that in Bangladesh India and Pakistan, air pollution might have contributed to 29 per cent of pregnancy losses. Bangladesh was named the world’s most polluted country for PM2.5 exposure in the 2019 World Air Quality Report. Fine particulate matter or PM2.5 of less than 12 micrograms per cubic metre is considered good although the World Health Organisation targets the countries that achieve PM2.5 less than 10 µg/m³. Bangladesh’s average PM2.5 was 83.30 µg/m³ in 2019, according to the 2019 World Air Quality Report published in 2020. ....
Poor air quality is associated with a considerable proportion of pregnancy loss in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. ....
Toxic air in India linked to large number of miscarriages: Study 09 Jan 2021 Image only for representation Toxic air in India and other South Asian countries could be causing large numbers of miscarriages and stillbirths, scientists said on Thursday. A study in The Lancet medical journal estimated nearly 350,000 pregnancy losses a year in South Asia were linked to high pollution levels, accounting for 7% of annual pregnancy loss in the region between 2000 and 2016. READ MORE South Asia has the highest rate of pregnancy loss globally and some of the worst air pollution in the world. Our findings . (provide) further justification for urgent action to tackle dangerous levels of pollution, lead author Tao Xue of Peking University said in a statement. ....