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'You're constantly worrying': pregnant women, bushfire smoke and the impossibility of safety

By Mary Lou Rasmussen, Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University
Celia Roberts, Professor of sociology, Australian National University
Louisa Allen, Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland
Rebecca Williamson, Research Officer, Australian National University

If you were pregnant or parenting during Australia’s 2019–20 summer of smoke and fire, chances are you felt acutely anxious – and grappling with impossible responsibility.

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