Birth Defects

What Birth Season May Mean For Health

Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Winter Babies, Video, Mental Health, Born in Winter, Personality, Health, Behavior, Winter Birthday, Science, Birth Defects, Science News, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/11/2012 02:14 PM EDT on LiveScience The season in which a baby is born apparently influenc...

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Do Fertility Treatments Cause Birth Defects? Researchers Find Answers

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: In-Vitro Ferltilization, Male Infertility, Test Tube Babies, Research About Fertility, Icsi, Infertility, Birth Defects Caused by Fertility Treatments, Assisted Reproduction, Pregnancy, Birth Defects, Ivf, Fertility Treatment Risks, Fertility Treatment, Parents News

-- Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility ...

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Lucia Graves

Anti-Monsanto Activist Received Anonymous Death Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Agrobussiness, Pesticides, Monsanto Farmers, Roundup, Sofia Gatica, Public Health, Environment, Glyphosate Argentina, Birth Defects, Cancer, Herbicides, Monsanto, Monsanto Soy, Glyphosate, Genetic Engineering, Green News

For 13 years Sofia Gatica has organized opposition to the aerial spraying of agrochemicals that threaten human health and the environment in Argentina...

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Appalachian Community Health Emergency Kick Starts Mountaintop Removal Campaign in Washington, D.C.

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, President Obama, Department of Health & Human Services, Mountaintop Removal, Birth Defects, Cancer, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Besieged residents living amid the fallout of the mountaintop removal crisis in the central Appalachian coalfields are descending on Washington, D.C. ...

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Orange Juice Shows Us the Toxic Side of International Trade

Dr. Gary Ginsberg | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Pesticides, Fungicide, Birth Defects, Orange Juice, Brazil, Fda, Toxic Chemicals, Dr. Oz, Toxics, Chemicals, Dr. Oz Show, Green News
Dr. Gary Ginsberg

The U.S. has identified safer ways to limit mold growth on citrus in Florida and California. The U.S. should demand the same from our overseas suppliers.

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The Gift Of Good Health

Javier Sierra | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Fetuses, Learning Disabilities, Big Coal, Epa, Public Health, Obama Administration, Global Motherhood, Babies, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Coal-Fired Plants, Coal Pollution, Decreased IQ, Hispanic Community, Cerebral Palsy, Mercury, Birth Defects, Neurotoxin, Latino Voices News
Javier Sierra

According to a LULAC study, almost 30 percent of Hispanics live dangerously close to a coal-fired plant.

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Lynne Peeples

EPA's Air Toxics Standards A 'Great Victory,' Say Public Health And Environmental Advocates

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Energy, Arsenic, Epa, Asthma, Mercury, Power Plants, Birth Defects, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled historic new rules on Wednesday that would limit the mercury, arsenic and other toxic pollutants in ...

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Claire Gordon

Toxic Classrooms: Will NYC Schools Get Rid Of PCBs?

HuffingtonPost.com | Claire Gordon | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Communities for Change, NYC Schools, Michael Bloomberg, New York Pcbs, Pcbs in Schools, Birth Defects, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, New York Schools, Nyc Schools Pcbs, NYC Department of Education, Pcbs, Education News

At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, Michelle Chapman's 10-year-old daughter started complaining about headaches and fatigue. Her symptoms stopped...

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Metrobilly Band Rocks Charts With Song on Mountaintop Removal (VIDEO)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Crime Against Nature, Dirty Coal, Music for the Mountains, President Obama, Bluegrass, Central Appalachia, Kentucky, Folk Music, Mountaintop Removal, Birth Defects, Cancer, Coal, Country Music, Video, Green News
Jeff Biggers

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Appalachian Coalfield Leaders Turn Tables at Congressional Hearing on Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Dirty Coal, Congress, Big Coal, Humanitarian Crisis, Mountaintop Removal, Birth Defects, Cancer, Joe Manchin, Coal, Republicans, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In gut-wrenching testimonies on the economic costs and humanitarian crisis related to mountaintop removal operations, two Appalachian coalfield leaders turned the tables on an EPA-bashing Natural Resources House Committee hearing in Charleston today.

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EPA Guidance on Mountaintop Removal: Acceptable Birth Defects and Cancer Corridors in Appalachian Coalfields?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Appalachia, Lisa Jackson, Dirty Coal, President Obama, Epa, Coal River Mountain, Mountaintop Removal, Birth Defects, Vernon Haltom, Cancer, Bob Kincaid, Coal, Bo Webb, Mtr, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The once proud EPA that promised "to protect 95% of aquatic life and fresh water streams in central Appalachia" and defend the Clean Water Act and health of coalfield residents has succumbed to right-wing political and legal pressures.

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Lucia Graves

Roundup: Scientists Say World's Top-Selling Weedkiller Causes Birth Defects

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Farming, Pesticides, Herbicide, European Commission, Agriculture, Epa, Environment, Food Safety, Birth Defects, Regulators, Usda, Monsanto, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The chemical at the heart of the planet’s most widely used herbicide -- Roundup weedkiller, used in farms and gardens across the U.S. ...

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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining: The National Research Council Should Investigate

Allen Hershkowitz | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Appalachia, Biodiversity, Ecological Distruction, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Birth Defects, Henry Fair, The Last Mountain, Green News
Allen Hershkowitz

Science is not just another opinion. Resolving the most serious ecological problems requires adherence to sound scientific facts that are not limited by politically-driven scientific compromises.

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Lucia Graves

Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Birth Defects

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Farming, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Monosanto, European Commission, Green, Food Safety, Regulators, Birth Defects, Evnironment, Glyphosate, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world's best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes birt...

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Big Coal Giveaway

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birth Defects, Powder River Basin, Coal, President Obama, Coal Mining Birth Defects, Coal Mining, Big Coal, Green News
Michael Brune

This week, in the heart of one of the nation's best potential wind energy-producing regions, the Powder River Basin, the Obama administration handed away thousands of acres of federal land, land owned by you and me, to the coal industry.

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'Cyclops' Baby With 1 Eye and No Nose Born in India

aolnews.com | Marc Hartzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyclopia, Cyclops Baby, Baby With 1 Eye and No Nose, India, Birth Defects, Maternity, Baby, Childbirth, World News

A baby boy with one eye in the center of his forehead and no nose was born in India last week. He survived only one day. Doctors were shocked when ...

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History Made in the Ecuadorian Amazon!

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Ecuador, Social Justice, Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, Oil, Birth Defects, Texaco, Indigenous Rights, Cancer, Justice, Chevron Equador, Chevron Amazon, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

The people of the Ecuadorian Amazon took on that struggle of a lifetime and yesterday the court made its decision -- Chevron is guilty.

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Pregnant Women Are Carrying a Lot More Than Just a New Baby

Sarah Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bisphenol-A, Pregnancy, Bpa, Birth Defects, Chemicalpolicy, Babies, Phthalates, Home News
Sarah Janssen

A new study confirms that pregnant women carry multiple chemicals in their bodies that can be passed onto their fetus, putting them at risk for birth defects and health problems later in life.

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With a Little Innovation -- Bread Is (a Better) Life

Marc Van Ameringen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Poor Nutrition, Baladi Bread, Malnutrition, Birth Defects, Iron Deficiency, Global Health, Preventable Miscarriages, World News
Marc Van Ameringen

It is innovation, like the fortified baladi bread reaching 52 million Egyptians every day, that will make the difference between surviving and thriving. Because the focus is no longer only on eating, but eating well.

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Green News Report: October 28, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Halloween, 2010 Elections, Epa, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Emissions, Green News Report, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Offshore Drilling, Recycling, South Africa, Big Oil, Climate Science, James Cameron, Elections 2010, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Benzene, Bp, Energy, Environmentalists, Exxon Mobil, Joel Francis, Energy Efficiency, Senate, Prison, BRAD BLOG, Charles Koch, California Prop 23, Prop 26, Green News, Koch Industries, Birth Defects, Climate Legislation, Seattle, BP Oil Spill, Electronic Waste, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Congrats ...

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Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Menstruation, GM Soybeans, Ovaries, Gm, Uterus, Gastrointestinal Problems, Hormone-Induced Changes, Reproductive Problems, Pelvic and Leg Pain, Fertility, Glyphosate, Soy, Reproductive Disorders, Ovulation, Genetically Modified, Disease, Roundup Herbicide, Chronic Fatigue, Birth Defects, Rats, Hormonal Imbalance, Endometrium, Abortion, Diet, Genetic Modification, Genetically Engineered, Vyvyan Howard, Andreas Carasco, Stanley Ewen, Genetic Engineering, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/235 If you're still eating genetically modified (GM) soybeans and you plan on having kids, a Brazilian study...

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Flame Retardants: Extinguishers of Brain Development?

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brain Damage, Autism, Birth Defects, Glia, Pollution, Flame-Retardants, Antioxidants, Toxins, Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Douglas Fields

Prenatal exposure to PBDEs interferes with neural development in experimental animals. Rats exposed to flame retardants during fetal development have a weakened ability to strengthen synaptic connections.

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Fallujah Birth Defects Raise Specter Of U.S. Chemical-Weapons Use In Iraq (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birth Defects Fallujah, Chemical Weapons, Fallujah, Chemical Weapons Fallujah, Cnn, Birth Defects Iraq, Chemical Weapons Iraq, Iraq, Birth Defects, Video, World News

A large and growing number of Iraqi children are suffering from severe birth defects, as shown in the heartbreaking CNN segment embedded below, and th...

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Boxer and Feinstein Call For Halt to Landfill Expansion

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Kettleman City, Birth Defects, Landfill, Landfills, Barbara Boxer, Kettleman City Birth Defects, Los Angeles News

FRESNO, Calif. — State health officials said Tuesday they found nothing unusual about the rate of infant birth defects in an impoverished San Jo...

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Baby Born With No Eyes: Anophthalmia Means Life Without Sight (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eye Tissue, Blind, Anophthalmia, Ophthalmology, Blind Babies, No Eyes, Brielle Garrison, Ocular Tissue, Birth Defects, Baby Born Without Eyes, Baby Born With No Eyes, Eyes, Home News

Brielle Garrison is just months old, and already she faces a barrage of doctors appointments. She was born with no eyes nor eye tissue. Brielle, who...

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