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Sources: How Oil and Gas Operations Impact Your Baby’s Health

Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Oil and Gas Production in the United States
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5309/acc886

American Cancer Society: Diesel Exhaust and Cancer Risk
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/diesel-exhaust-and-cancer.html#:~:text=IARC%20classifies%20diesel%20engine%20exhaust,diesel%20exhaust%20and%20bladder%20cancer.

American Lung Association: What Is Particle Pollution?
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/what-makes-air-unhealthy/particle-pollution

American Lung Association: Who Is Most Affected by Outdoor Air Pollution?
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk

CDC: Air Pollution
https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/air_pollution.htm

EDF: New Study Quantifies Health Impacts from Oil and Gas Flaring in the U.S.
https://www.edf.org/media/new-study-quantifies-health-impacts-oil-and-gas-flaring-us-0

Environmental Health Perspectives: “Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Exposure and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case-Control Study in Pennsylvania, 2009–2017”
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP11092

EPA: Climate Change and Children’s Health
https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-and-childrens-health 

Keck School of Medicine USC: Living Near Natural Gas Flaring Poses Helath Risk for Pregnant Women and Babies
https://keck.usc.edu/news/living-near-natural-gas-flaring-poses-health-risks-for-pregnant-women-and-babies/#:~:text=Women%20who%20lived%20within%203,seven%20ounces%2C%20lighter%20on%20average.

Moms Clean Air Force: Studies Linking Oil and Gas Pollution to Specific Health Impacts
https://www.momscleanairforce.org/oil-gas-resources/

NIEHS: Nearness to Oil and Gas Wells Linked With Low Birth Weight
https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2020/7/papers/birth-weight

Science Direct: Environmental Justice in the Oil Refinery Industry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092180091830586X

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