Category Archives: Birth Defects
IVF ‘Vanishing Twin’ Phenomenon Linked with Birth Defects
According to Newswise, the University of Adelaide researchers have found a link between the loss of a twin during early pregnancy and the increased risk of birth defects in multiple IVF pregnancies. The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard from Profressor Michael Davies how the vanishing twin phenomenon has been linked to a nearly two-fold increased risk of birth defects in the surviving baby, along with a threefold increase in multiple birth defects. The vanishing twin phenomenon occurs when there are fewer babies born than detected in early pregnancy by ultrasound, often reducing from twins to a single baby born. The University of Adelaide’s Research Centre for the Early Origins of Health and Disease said its findings have a potential of advancing the origins of congenital malformation after infertility treatment, and possibly in natural pregnancies. The researchers say it is easier to study women…
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Study Says Roundup Weed Killer May Cause Birth Defects
InjuryBoard, researchers have found that the ingredient in popular pesticide Roundup may cause birth defects. A report published by Earth Open Source says that the European Commission has previously ignored or dismissed many other findings from the independent scientific literature showing that Roundsup and glyphosate cause endocrine disruption, damage to DNA, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, cancer and birth defects. Roundup is a broad-spectrum herbicide sold under the Roundup brand and the generic name of glyphosate. Use of Roundup is widespread not only in consumer applications but also in commercial agriculture. The report says that the European pesticide regulatory agency knew but failed to warn the public of Roundup’s effects. The effects are found at very low doses, comparable to levels of pesticide residues found in food and the environment. The researchers said that industry studies show that Roundup’s glyphosate causes birth defects in laboratory animals and that these adverse…
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Mountaintop Mining Associated With High Birth Defect Rates, Says Study
According to the Science Fair, a study has found that mountaintop coal mining raises birth defects. Children born in mountaintop-mining communities may suffer elevated risks of birth defects. Nationwide, about 1 in 33 babies suffer a birth defects, which is also the leading cause of infant deaths. An upcoming Environmental Research journal study reports that children born in counties home to mountaintop coal mining had a 26% higher risk of suffering one of those birth defects, compared to non-mining communities. A number of studies has found health risks associated with coal mining regions, said the lead researcher. Mountaintop mining, where coal seams are exposed by blasting off the top of elevations, has been linked to air and water pollution. The study covered West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, where mountaintop mining occurs. Over the course of the study, mountaintop removal mining produced 882 million tons of coal from those four…
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