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The risk of preterm birth rises near gas flaring, reflecting deep-rooted environmental injustices in rural America

  • Written by Jill Johnston, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California
imageNew research found a significantly higher risk of preterm births near gas flaring in Texas, particularly among Latinas. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Through the southern reaches of Texas, communities are scattered across a flat landscape of dry brush lands, ranches and agricultural fields. This large rural region near the U.S.-Mexico border is known...

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