INMA: “At 4 years of age, the pollutants inhaled in pregnancy affect only boys”
19/07/2019
A researcher from the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the UPV/EHU has recently published an investigation within the INMA Project, in which they have measured how exposure of pregnant women to environmental pollutants PM2.5 and NO2 affects their descendants, at 4 years of birth. Mainly memory, speech, and general cognition are impaired, and it is the boys who are most affected, although it is a small condition.
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REFERENCE: Lertxundi A, Andiarena A, Martínez MD, Ayerdi M, Murcia M, Estarlich M, Guxens M, Sunyer J, Julvez J, Ibarluzea J. Prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 and sex-dependent infant cognitive and motor development. Environ Res. 2019 Jul;174:114-121.