The National Birth Defect Registry data has been used to evaluate several national birth defect issues.
See the reports below with details on how our registry has been used for birth defect research.
This stomach defect is increasing in reporting systems around the world. BDRC worked with Dr. Niel Dalal at the University of Texas on this study of 252 gastroschisis cases in…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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