Jun Wu, a professor of Environmental & Occupational Health in the Program of Public Health, and her collaborators recently published their findings in PLOS Medicine revealing that exposure to PM2.5, particularly black carbon and organic matter, heightens the risk of severe hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. The communities most impacted and vulnerable are Hispanic and African American mothers and those who reside in low-income neighborhoods. Their study analyzed nearly 390,000 electronic health records linked the risk of maternal complications with air pollution.

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