Iraq records huge rise in birth defects

[Dennis S]

"Researchers found more than 20 babies out of 1,000 were born with defects in Al Basrah Maternity Hospital in 2003, a number that is 17 times higher than recorded a decade previously. In the past seven years, the number of malformed babies born increased by more than 60 per cent; 37 out of every 1,000 are now born with defects."

I think a lot of Americans should be ashamed of this.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/...10444.html

[Black]

But we had to make good and sure that they didn't have chemical weapons.

[Pops]

I have a hard time believing, coming from a third world nation, this is anything more than better medical care and reporting.

But, I'm a class "A" cynic. Shoot me.

[Chakravartin]

Pops wrote:
I have a hard time believing, coming from a third world nation, this is anything more than better medical care and reporting.

This is hardly news.

Higher birth defects and cancer rates in Iraq's most battle-torn cities were reported pretty quickly after we invaded and both the UN and various NGOs started tracking them in 2005. There have been dozens if not hundreds of studies on the subject and while causation is hard to prove, the cancer clusters in and around the cities that we've bombed seem pretty damning.

[OWC Jamie]

Should have listened to Scott Ridder Ritter rather than Joe Biden in 2002, eh ?

[RgrF]

Should have listened to Ted Kennedy about compounding company regulations, you think?

[decay]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=Pops]
I have a hard time believing, coming from a third world nation, this is anything more than better medical care and reporting.

This is hardly news.

Higher birth defects and cancer rates in Iraq's most battle-torn cities were reported pretty quickly after we invaded and both the UN and various NGOs started tracking them in 2005. There have been dozens if not hundreds of studies on the subject and while causation is hard to prove, the cancer clusters in and around the cities that we've bombed seem pretty damning.
exactly. Google "depleted uranium" and read on.