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What Can China Do To Clear the Air?

20/01/2016 GMT

The Inquiry: What Is China Doing to Clear the Air?

BBC World Service - The Essential, The Inquiry: What Is China Doing to Clear the Air?

Dr Jim Zhang explains how air pollution in China damages unborn babies

Dr Jim Zhang explains how air pollution in China damages unborn babies.

If a pregnant woman breathes polluted air it can damage not just her health but that of her unborn child too. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, Dr Jim Zhang from Duke University in the US reveals what he found when he studied the weight of babies born just after a period of reduced air pollution in Beijing. His findings may surprise you.

(Photo: A man and his child wear masks to protest against pollution, Credit: Getty Images)

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