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Jump to full article: New York Post, 2006-05-30
Author: CARL CAMPANILE
Intro: Children exposed to high levels of city air pollution while in the womb are nearly three times more likely to have mental deficiencies than other kids, an explosive Columbia University study has found.
The analysis compared the learning ability of 183 3-year-olds from Harlem, Washington Heights and the South Bronx with the level of pollutants they were exposed to before birth. The moms wore air monitors while they were pregnant, and the kids are being studied over a number of years. . . .
The mothers who participated in the study were nonsmokers, and the researchers controlled for secondhand smoke. The moms carried air monitors during the third trimester of pregnancy.
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