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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:23 AM
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Birth Defects on the Rise in Polluted China
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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44333/story.htm

BEIJING - Growing numbers of Chinese children are being born with deformities due to pollution, later pregnancies and unhealthy lifestyles, state media said on Thursday quoting a medical expert.


About 1 million Chinese children were born each year with congenital heart problems, cleft palettes, nerve defects, limb abnormalities and other physical defects, director of China's National Centre for Maternity and Infant Health, Li Zhu, told the China Daily.

The number of such congenital deformities was rising and the current occurrence rate of 60 out of every 1,000 births was three times that of developed countries, Li said.
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The bank study said about 460,000 Chinese died prematurely each year from water and air pollution and about 300,000 more died from indoor toxins.
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This is genocide of your own people
Poisoning the Earth will kill you and your future
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