Month Of Conception Linked To Birth Defects In United States

Monday, March 30, 2009 - 13:35 in Health & Medicine

Birth defect rates in the US are highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer, new findings indicate. Researchers also found that this period of increase risk correlated with increased levels of pesticides in surface water across the US.

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