Study links pollutants to a 450 percent increase in risk of birth defects

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:02 in Health & Medicine

Pesticides and pollutants are related to an alarming 450 percent increase in the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly in rural China, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Peking University.

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