Health Ministry disputes Haifa pollution report

The Health Ministry says babies born in Haifa do not have smaller heads than the national average, disputing a much-contested report on pollution rates in the northern city and its effects on newborns.

The ministry emphasizes that this refutation is based on a preliminary evaluation of the subject.

Pollution in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa. April 15, 2015. (Photo credit: Basel Awidat/FLASH90)
Pollution in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. April 15, 2015. (Photo credit: Basel Awidat/FLASH90)

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