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Extreme heat poses significant and growing health risk to babies and children, study shows

CNN · Rachel Ramirez · last updated

The effects of burning of fossil fuels — things like air pollution, severe weather, poor water quality and extreme heat — pose a significant and growing risk to the health of babies and children.

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