Infants Exposed To Pollution Risk Brain Damage - UNICEF
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has declared that breathing particulate air pollution could damage brain tissue and undermine the cognitive development of babies.
The children's agency warned that about Seventeen million babies under the age of one are being exposed to toxic air, putting their delicate brains and cognitive development at risk.
While more than four million babies were at risk in East Asia and the Pacific, more than 12 million babies in South Asia were worst affected, as they live in areas with pollution six times higher than safe levels.