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<blockquote data-quote="Petros2015" data-source="post: 73733544" data-attributes="member: 388403"><p>Geez.</p><p></p><p>The article above was published in 2012. </p><p></p><p><em>They are the latest in a series of studies that have suggested a link between bombardment and a rise in birth defects. Their preliminary findings, in 2010, prompted a World Health Organisation inquiry into the prevalence of birth defects in the area. The WHO's report, out next month, is widely expected to show an increase in birth defects after the conflict. It has looked at nine "high-risk" areas in Iraq, including Fallujah and Basra. Where high prevalence is found, the WHO is expected to call for additional studies to pinpoint precise causes.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Here are some followups</p><p></p><p>The actual WHO report <a href="http://www.emro.who.int/irq/iraq-news/summary-report-on-the-congenital-birth-defects-study-in-iraq.html" target="_blank">WHO EMRO | Summary report on the congenital birth defects study in Iraq | Iraq-news | Iraq</a></p><p></p><p>2013 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/oct/13/world-health-organisation-iraq-war-depleted-uranium" target="_blank">How the World Health Organisation covered up Iraq's nuclear nightmare | Nafeez Ahmed</a></p><p></p><p>2016 <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/how-us-made-use-radioactive-bombs-routine-443732" target="_blank">How the U.S. made dropping radioactive bombs routine</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petros2015, post: 73733544, member: 388403"] Geez. The article above was published in 2012. [I]They are the latest in a series of studies that have suggested a link between bombardment and a rise in birth defects. Their preliminary findings, in 2010, prompted a World Health Organisation inquiry into the prevalence of birth defects in the area. The WHO's report, out next month, is widely expected to show an increase in birth defects after the conflict. It has looked at nine "high-risk" areas in Iraq, including Fallujah and Basra. Where high prevalence is found, the WHO is expected to call for additional studies to pinpoint precise causes. [/I] Here are some followups The actual WHO report [URL="http://www.emro.who.int/irq/iraq-news/summary-report-on-the-congenital-birth-defects-study-in-iraq.html"]WHO EMRO | Summary report on the congenital birth defects study in Iraq | Iraq-news | Iraq[/URL] 2013 [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/oct/13/world-health-organisation-iraq-war-depleted-uranium"]How the World Health Organisation covered up Iraq's nuclear nightmare | Nafeez Ahmed[/URL] 2016 [URL="https://www.newsweek.com/how-us-made-use-radioactive-bombs-routine-443732"]How the U.S. made dropping radioactive bombs routine[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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