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Birth Defects Prevention - Fact Sheets - Minnesota Dept. of Health
Birth Defects Prevention - Fact Sheets - Minnesota Dept. of Health Birth Defects Prevention • Home • FAQs • Hot Topics • Fact Sheets and Brochures • Preventing Birth Defects • Publications and ... on the specific birth defects and genetic conditions listed. Birth Defects Not Covered on MOD Web Site - this March of Dimes (MOD) site provides a list of birth defects not described elsewhere ...
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MedlinePlus: Genetics/Birth Defects Topics
Birth Defects Topics Skip navigation Search Terms Genetics/Birth Defects Abnormalities see Birth Defects Achondroplasia see Dwarfism Adrenoleukodystrophy see Leukodystrophies Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Amniocentesis see Prenatal Testing Anencephaly see Neural Tube Defects ...
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Birth Defects Initiative and Research Network
Printer Friendly Email This Page Birth Defects Initiative and Research Network In 2000, the Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Teratology Branch began its Birth Defects Initiative with the stated mission ... the genes, environmental factors, gene/environment interactions, and underlying mechanisms responsible for birth defects. The Branch has now created a network of researchers and settings where ...
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Birth Defects Information System: Environmental Health in Minnesota
Birth Defects Prevention Minnesota Birth Defects Information System (BDIS) Despite the fact that 100,000 to 150,000 babies are born each year in the US with major birth defects, little is known about the actual causes of birth defects. Therefore the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is establishing a Minnesota Birth Defects Information System (BDIS). ...
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Heart Defects: Birth Defects: Merck Manual Home Edition
Birth Defects Topics Introduction· Abdominal Wall Defects (Omphalocele and Gastroschisis)· Bone and Muscle Defects· Brain and Spinal Cord Defects· Digestive Tract Defects· Genital Defects·Heart Defects· Urinary Tract Defects Heart Defects ... the pulmonary artery with the aorta (see Birth Defects: Patent Ductus Arteriosus) are still open at birth. These openings allow oxygen-rich blood to mix ...
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Birth Defects, Toxic Waste at Earth Day Network | Earthday
A California study showed that children born to women within a quarter mile of a Superfund site are at increased risk of birth defects. However, in ... . Residents of these communities suffer from high rates of cancer and their children suffer from birth defects and neurological damage due to high rates of exposure to dangerous chemicals. What You Can ...
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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
Polychlorinated Biphenyls are CARCINOGENS - HANDLE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. They may be teratogens [causing birth defects] and may damage the adult reproductive system. Exposure can cause an acne like skin ... pencils, and catching a ball. The yucheng children also had a variety of physical defects at birth, including dark colored heads, faces and genitals, and abnormal nails that were often ...
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RACHEL's Hazardous Waste News #295
PCBs before birth and not with exposure after birth. This leads researchers to conclude that PCBs attack the central nervous ... from eating PCB-contaminated rice oil. Many of the PCB-exposed women subsequently gave birth to children with birth defects. Workers at the Westinghouse plant in Bloomington say they were never told ...
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Low Dose Radiation Effects
Reduce the natural risks of cancer and birth defects. Most cancers and birth defects occur for natural reasons, and it is widely believed that any exposure to ...
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Division of Epidemiology, Statistics & Prevention Research (DESPR)
People Contact Info Branches ... Opportunities News Releases Surgeon General's Conference Outlines Agenda to Prevent Preterm Birth All Related News Publications/Materials America's Children in Brief, Key ...
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