A study by American researchers has concluded that mothers exposed to air pollution - such as that from traffic in nearby roads - are more likely to have underweight babies. Researchers focused on mothers living in New Jersey. Although the findings are interesting, experts quoted in a BBC news article on the study say that more research is needed to clearly establish a link. Check out a BBC article here.
Kevin Butler has been covering education for more than five years at the Press-Telegram. Previously he was a reporter at the Los Angeles Independent weeklies and in the Washington, D.C., bureau of Investor's Business Daily. A native of Houston, Butler graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in economics and government. 
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