Three articles from the SF Chronicle [ http://www.sfgate.com ] on the effects of environmental pollution -

1. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Part One: Life's Toll
In Bayview-Hunters Point, the stress created by environmental problems, racism, poverty and crime may explain why so many babies die young. Infant mortality is twice as high here as in the rest of San Francisco...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7792

2. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/PART TWO: TOXIC LEGACY
Babies born in neighborhoods afflicted by pollution -- from smog to pesticides -- are more likely to die before their first birthday...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7793

3. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Infant Deaths
California has one of the nation's lowest rates of infant mortality, but from San Francisco to Los Angeles there are pockets where babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday... Babies born in the United States are twice as likely to die as those of Sweden, Iceland, Japan, Spain or even the Czech Republic. And, within this country, some babies -- depending on their race and where they live -- start out with heavy odds against them...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7794


Informant: STRIDER