Bushfire season linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes by 'robust medical evidence' | Sky News Australia

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AMA former president Dr Michael Gannon says Australia could see an increased number of adverse pregnancy outcomes linked to the unprecedented bushfire season which triggered a period of poor air quality.

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“The association between air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes is very well established,” he said. “There is robust evidence from developed countries like the United States, Canada and Australia which proves that”. Mr Gannon told Sky News he was starting to see “anecdotal stories come out of the impact of this years’ bushfire season in New South Wales and Victoria and how that is impacting on those babies that are now being born”.

 

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