{
  "id": 17974007,
  "title": "Babies more likely to have heart defects from Louisiana’s areas with industrial pollution, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/babies-more-likely-to-have-heart-defects-from-louisianas-areas-with",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-03T13:30:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/babies-heart-defects-louisiana-industrial-pollution-study"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Compared to infants in the state’s low-pollution areas, the odds were 4.3 times higher for babies from toxic hotspots A study looking at babies hospitalized in New Orleans found that babies born to mothers from neighborhoods in south-east Louisiana with high levels of industrial pollution were four times more likely to suffer from severe congenital heart defects. Published last week, the study in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}