HEREDETARY POLLUTION
May 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIE
EXPOSURE to air pollution may harm un-conceived children according to a study performed by Canadian researchers published in the journal Science. The study from McMaster University, Hamilton, revealed that the offspring of mice exposed to high levels of air pollution had significantly greater rates of genetic mutations than mice housed in a non-polluted environment.
EXPOSURE to air pollution may harm un-conceived children according to a study performed by Canadian researchers published in the journal Science. The study from McMaster University, Hamilton, revealed that the offspring of mice exposed to high levels of air pollution had significantly greater rates of genetic mutations than mice housed in a non-polluted environment.
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