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Birth Defect Caused by Air?
The common air pollutant benzene has been the subject of a recent study in Texas. It seems that women who live in Texas neighborhoods that have higher levels of benzene due to refineries and automobile exhaust have been found to have a higher chance of giving birth to babies with a serious neurological birth defect. Benzene has long been known to be highly toxic and related to cancer and immune system damage. This new study performed by a team of researchers from the University of Texas School of Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services has linked benzene for the first time to a birth defect that proves in more than one way that air pollution can cause harm to a fetus. The results of this study show that pregnant women exposed to high levels of benzene had up to a two times greater risk of giving…
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Could Cerebral Palsy be preventable?
I came across an article on that was both surprising and appalling. According to the article, more than 10,000 infants or pre-school aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy each year. Of these, approximately 20 percent were due to medical negligence or malpractice. That means that with better care from hospitals, doctors and staff, 2,000 children who are now afflicted with cerebral palsy and diagnosed this year, could be living normal, healthy lives. The article lists the following symptoms of cerebral palsy: — Muscle tightness and spasticity — Involuntary movements — Gait disturbances — Difficulty swallowing — Impairment of sight, hearing or speech — Seizures — Breathing problems — Bladder and bowel control problems — Skin disorders — Learning disabilities It is heartbreaking to think that thousands of parents must watch their children suffer through this handicap knowing that it could have been prevented. Legal action can help…
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Spina Bifida has racial and ethnic differences
The Deep psp Cold Mountain full movie download The Conspiracy of Fear Against the Dark aka Last Night dvd The addition of folic acid to all enriched cereal grain products has reduced the prevalence of the birth defect spina bifida in the United States. Halloween II trailer Hollywood Homicide movie Guess Whos Coming to Dinner buy download Suddenly movie G:MT Greenwich Mean Time movie download According to The Journal of the American Medical Association, the birth defect was reduced 22.9 percent from 1995 to 1999; however, there have been no further decreases from 2003-2004. Videodrome divx Are We There Yet? video You Dont Mess with the Zohan buy This folic acid increase was mandated to prevent pregnancies affected by neural tube defects (NTDs) such as spina bifida. My Super Ex-Girlfriend dvdrip The prevalence of NTD-affected pregnancies has remained higher among Hispanic women than among women in other racial/ethnic populations. Analysis…
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