Transportation
How E-ZPass Lanes Could Make Premature Births Less Common
The automated tolls cut down on air pollution, which in turn improves the health of pregnant women.
Each year, one of every eight infants born in the United States is premature, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,. It’s a problem that has increased by 36 percent over the last 25 years, according to the March of Dimes, and it's the leading cause of death among newborns.
What if you could dramatically reduce the incidence of pre-term births with policy decisions?