Alaska
The Alaska Community Action on Toxics asked BDRC to participate in a conference call with Dr. Ted Schettler, Alaska Native community representatives and others concerned about a report from the…
Joplin, MO
The United Steelworkers asked BDRC to review birth defect data from Joplin, MO. The incidence of birth defects in Joplin was higher than the county and the state of Missouri.…
Dickson, Tennessee
We assisted the community of Dickson, Tennessee in identifying a cluster of cleft palate cases associated with a solvent (TCE) leaking into their water supply from an old landfill. The…
Gulf War Birth Defects
Registry data found an increase in a cranial-facial birth defect called Goldenhar Syndrome in the children of veterans who served in the first Gulf War. A study published in Teratology…
Agent Orange
Registry data have found a consistent pattern of increases in immune, endocrine, skin, allergic and learning problems in the children of Vietnam veterans who served “in-country”. These data are consistent…
Bendectin
This antinauseant medication was removed from the world market in 1982. Registry data have found patterns of increases in limb reduction defects, oral clefts and diaphragmatic hernias. These data are…
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