1. BORN TOO SOON.
- Author
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VOOSEN, PAUL
- Subjects
PREMATURE labor ,POLLUTION ,GROUNDWATER pollution ,TRICHLOROETHYLENE - Abstract
The article examines the role of pollution in premature births. Topics discussed include the work of José F. Cordero of the University of Puerto Rico's Graduate School of Public Health in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which deals with the high level of premature births in Puerto Rico, the work of engineers Ingrid Y. Padilla and Akram N. Alshawabkeh, and the impact of groundwater pollution on the rate of premature births in Puerto Rico. The impact of pollutant trichloroethylene (TCE) is also examined.
- Published
- 2014