Polluted air can significantly damage a child’s health.
Parents should use a special cushion in the baby carriage that will protect their child from exposure to harmful air. To such conclusion scientists from the UK.
Researchers from the University of Surrey decided to assess the degree of pollution of air that gets into baby strollers to see what the impact on kids he has. It turned out that during my morning walks, babies breathe in the most toxic compound. The small children are much more vulnerable to harmful emissions than adults due to the fact that many systems in their bodies are still forming, and the body weight is a small.
The results of this study will be important for parents living in large cities and regularly walking their kids in baby carriages. The study authors emphasize that one of the most simple methods of protection is to buy special gauze wraps to protect the stroller with the child against the penetration of harmful particles, but allows clean air. Particularly relevant such methods of protection in areas with heavy traffic, at intersections, along busy highways.
Their findings are made after the consolidated special sensors for measuring air purity inside several dozen strollers, where parents regularly walked their kids. It turned out that the dirtiest is the morning air, when on the road observed the maximum congestion of cars due to rush hour.
Not so long ago, experts of the world health organization proved that 57 thousand children under 5 years each year drop out of life due to diseases caused by exposure to harmful air.
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