In Texas, the United States, the A&M University has organized a study in which it has been mentioned that all the pregnant women will face many adverse effects in infants as well as children at the time of exposure to pollution that can also extend to their adulthood.
The results of the study were mentioned in the journal ‘ Antioxidants’. Air Pollution exposure is associated with an accelerated risk of developing asthma further in their life.
Moreover, the maximum number of this is because of the fast speed of fetal growth as well as development. The exact ways the pollutants have these effects and the roles of the genes related to the immune function as well as the stress response have not been understood correctly.
The PhD associate professor at the Texas A&M School of the public health named, Natalie Johnson with Carmen Lau, DVM, Jonathan Behlen as well among others, exposed animal models modified to the lack of the Nrf2 gene and unmodified animal models to particulate pollution like that has been discovered in diesel exhaust.
They also looked at the impacts on litter size, birth weight, and immunological markers discovered in newborn offspring’s lung and liver tissue.
The particulate matter pollution has been divided into three categories based on the particular size, coarse particles, fine particles as well as ultrafine particles.
Meanwhile, the fine particles less than 2.5 micron in diameter and ultrafine particles less than one-tenth of a micron are of the most significant concern.
Furthermore, The researchers have discovered links between fine particle pollution and an increased risk of respiratory ailments, but there has been less research on ultrafine pollutants, and there are presently no health regulations in place for this tiniest category. Because ultrafine particles are so small, they can penetrate deeper into the airways, posing a more significant health danger than fine particles.
