Agricultural fires in Brazil harm infant health, a warning for the developing world

ENN
Jan 26, 2017, 10:02 am99 pts
Pollution from the controlled fires that burn across Brazil's São Paulo state during the sugarcane-harvesting season has a negative impact on infant health nearby. But the health of those same infants likely benefits from the economic opportunities the fires bring to their parents.Researchers at Princeton and…

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