First Direct
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| Customer service | +44 113 234 5678 |
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| Parent organizations | HSBC Bank |
| Headquarters | Leeds |
| United Kingdom | |
| Ceo | Joe Gordon |
| Founders | Mike Harris |
| Founded | October 1989 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 510725 |
About First Direct
First Direct is a telephone and internet based retail bank in the United Kingdom, a division of HSBC Bank plc. First Direct has headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and has 1. 35 million customers.
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Soot pollution particles 'the placenta'
particles of soot - soot Can be found in the placenta, a study has.
This is the First Direct detection of the particles Can be fed in the part of the placenta, the developing fetus.
It could be The First step, to explain why high levels of air pollution is linked to births with an increased risk of miscarriage, premature births and low birth weight.
experts say women could be measures such as avoiding busy roads.
However, she warned that clean air could be achieved, to a "policy-level" only.
How the placenta works.
The placenta consists of:
oxygen and nutrients to cross from the maternal placental to the fetal placenta and are then carried to the fetus via the umbilical cord.
slag from the fetus, such as Carbon dioxide, pass back in The Other direction.
In-between is a semi-permeable membrane, the placental tissue
substances such as alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs that are known to be in the position of the placenta, which is why it is important for women advisable to avoid them during pregnancy.
The Scientists in this study, births examined the placenta from five pre-term and 23 full-term.
With high-resolution imaging, they found black Carbon particles on the fetal side of each placenta studied.
of The 10 mothers who lived closest to busy roads, and who was exposed to the highest pollutant exposure during pregnancy had the highest levels of the particles in the placenta, compared with the 10 which were subjected to the lowest, and lived at least 500 m (1,600 ft) away from a busy road.
The researchers suggest that the particles move from The Mother to the lung, the placenta.
'Plausible mechanism'Writing in the journal, the researchers from the Hasselt University in Belgium, said the leadership of Prof Tim Narwot: "Our results show that the human placental barrier is impermeable to particles.
"Further research will have to show whether the particles are added to the placenta and reaches the fetus" and when this "provides a possible mechanism to explain the adverse health effects of environmental pollution, from childhood," she said.
Prof Jonathan Grigg, a leading expert on the effects of air pollution On Children , from the Queen Mary University of London, said: "There are very strong epidemiological evidence that maternal exposure to air pollution particles is associated with negative consequences such as miscarriage.
"This is showing the beginning to that this is a 'plausible mechanism that might cause these effects. "
Andrew Shennan, professor of obstetrics at King's College London, said: "Small particles, such as by Smoking, Can to a significant diseases in connection with the placenta, and these findings of the particles in the placenta of a Problem.
"justify their possible effects on The Baby and The Mother for further examinations. "
What Can be done by pregnant women?the Two experts accept pregnant women Can not change The Environment where They Live .
Prof Grigg said: "women should not be paranoid walking on The Street , but you could think about how to reduce your exposure. "
Prof Narwot said there were small measures that may help.
"For an individual, it is very difficult to escape, People , breathe," he said.
"not airing houses at The Front where the traffic is. It is better on the back. And, if possible, if you bike or walk, choose a road with less traffic.
"But they are addressed in the General must, on the political level. "
queen mary, university of london, pollution, pregnancy
Source of news: bbc.com
