Living near active oil and gas wells in California tied to low birth weight and smaller babies
- Written by Rachel Morello-Frosch, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
A pump jack in the town of Signal Hill, California, which sits within the Long Beach Oil Field near the Port of Long Beach. Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In a California study, we found that pregnant women living near active high-production oil and gas wells...