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View Post: Misery Continues in Iraq: Birth Defects Spike in Fallujah
23 Nov 2009 by Past Member  
Despite several years of peace and the opening of a new hospital, another kind of misery is hitting people in parts of Iraq. Doctors in Fallujah, a major battle zone during the conflict, are noting a staggering increase in birth defects ...
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View Post: Cigarette Smoking Link to Birth Defects
24 Nov 2009 by world wide web  
Cigarette Smoking Link to Birth Defects. world wide web, Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Recently, a cashier with a round, pregnant belly raced back to her post after a smoke break and explained to her customer that she was sneaking ...
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View Post: Bigfigure: Overweight mothers related to infant heart defects
15 hours ago by Ashok Kumar  
"Congenital heart defects are the most common types of birth defect, and among all birth defects, they are a leading cause of illness, death and medical expenditures," said Dr. Edwin Trevathan, a CDC expert on birth defects and ...
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View Post: Depleted uranium weapons in Iraq, drastic birth defects in ...
17 Nov 2009 by mary  
On Friday, Nov. 13, the London Guardian reported a Huge rise in birth defects in Fallujah, Iraq. I sent the news to KPFA Radio 94.1FM Weekend News anchor Anthony Fest, along with contact info for Bob Nichols, San Francisco Bay View ...
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View Post: Media dis&dat: Study finds more birth defects in babies conceived ...
21 Nov 2009 by BA Haller  
In the study, almost 3 percent of infants conceived with assisted reproduction were diagnosed with a major birth defect, compared to less than 2 percent of babies conceived naturally, Dr. Darine El-Chaar and colleagues from The Ottawa ...
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View Post: The Left Coaster: Skyrocketing Rate Of Birth Defects In Fallujah, Iraq
15 Nov 2009 by Turkana  
The extraordinary rise in birth defects has crystallised over recent months as specialists working in Falluja's over-stretched health system have started compiling detailed clinical records of all babies born. ...
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View Post: Allison Kilkenny - Unreported – Explosion of birth defects in Iraq ...
16 Nov 2009 by Allison Kilkenny  
The Guardian posted the following video segment on the Fallujah birth defects. The video begins with a prefaced warning that it contains some disturbing images. It's true. The consequences of war are very disturbing, but this video ...
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View Post: Fallujah's infants suffer from sharp rise in birth defects
Raw Story
14 Nov 2009 by Joe Byrne   ...
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