Infant Mortality Connected to Oil Spills in Nigeria

http://allafrica.com/stories/201711080088.html

It has been reported recently that babies conceived after an oil spill has occurred is twice as likely to die from the pollution. In the Niger Delta oil spills have been occurring within 10 kilometers of newly pregnant women. These babies are at risk because of the close proximity of the pollution that evolves from the spill. Their life expectancy so far is within a month after they were born. Children and newborns that were conceived at the same time as an oil spill are less likely to be impacted by the spill. So far it does not matter how long the oil spill happened before the baby was conceived, it can range from a few months to years before the baby is born. This is considered a first world problem due to the fact that so many children are not surviving this. Between 2005 and 2015 there were over 6600 oil spills that occurred and there were 5,040 children that were near these oil spills that were effected by them. This number will only increase as no solution is created to prevent oil spills.

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