{"id":10793,"date":"2017-03-10T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/use-pram-covers-to-protect-babies-from-air-pollution\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:46:37","slug":"use-pram-covers-to-protect-babies-from-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/use-pram-covers-to-protect-babies-from-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Use pram covers ‘to protect babies from air pollution’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parents should use pram covers to protect babies and young children from harmful air pollution during the school run, researchers suggest.<\/p>\n

Traffic lights and bus stops were pollution hotspots and there were higher levels of pollution in the morning compared with the afternoon, the University of Surrey study said.<\/p>\n

Young children are more at risk because their bodies are small and developing.<\/p>\n

And they could be breathing in damaging substances, the study said.<\/p>\n

A recent World Health Organization report said that 570,000 children under the age of five died every year from illnesses that could be linked to pollution.<\/p>\n

The Surrey research, published in Environmental Pollution, was based on measurements from air monitoring equipment inside toddlers' prams being pushed to and from schools during drop-off and pick-up times.<\/p>\n

Scientists looked at pollution levels in prams during 64 trips, covering about 50 miles (80km), in Guildford.<\/p>\n

Bus stops and traffic lights were the worst places for being exposed to the tiny particles from exhaust fumes and tyres that can get into the bloodstream. <\/p>\n

And there were more of these harmful particles in the air during morning drop-off times, when traffic was at its busiest.<\/p>\n