Birth defects News

A new study has found that pregnant women who are diagnosed with cancer can have chemotherapy without endangering their unborn child. Researchers say there appears to be no greater risk of birth defects or other health issues.

France bans pesticide linked to a sharp decline in bee populations across the world in recent years. The phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder may be caused by the bees drinking the nectar from the plants spayed with a Swiss made chemical.

Fallujah - New research set to be published this week shows birth defects of newborn babies in the Iraqi city of Fallujah have reached epidemic proportions since the city was annihilated six years ago by the US military.

There is good news for pregnant Canadian women, folate deficiency is virtually nonexistent in Canada. Folic acid deficiency is one of the leading causes of neural tube birth defects.

Copenhagen - Research in Denmark has produced alarming findings regarding major psychotropic drugs, whose side effects may include birth defects and withdrawals.

The start of hurricane season may give BP even more uncertainty in its attempts to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon rig.

The use of chemical munitions -- such as Depleted Uranium (DU) and White Phosphorous -- in Fallujah in 2004 by the U.S. military appears to be linked to rising birth defects in Iraq and slowly killing thousands upon thousands of our own troops

By injecting a customized "genetic patch" into early stage fish embryos, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally.

Could pollution be the cause of birth defects in China? The country is blaming the heavy pollution for damaging children. Some of the world's most polluted cities lie in China so it stands to reason that pollution could be a key factor in this matter.