Article: Landfill sites linked to risk of birth defects HEALTH STUDY Researchers claim a connection between toxic waste dumps and deformed babies but cannot yet determine the true cause

Article: Landfill sites blamed for birth ...
The Scotsman;  August 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... toxic waste dumping in landfill sites." The study, carried ... pregnancies around 9,500 landfill sites, showed there was a 1 per cent higher risk of birth defects in those living within ... per cent higher near landfill sites. Scottish health officials ...

Article: Toxic waste landfill sites may cause birth ...
The Scotsman;  August 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... miles of toxic landfill sites have an increased ... children with birth defects, scientists have ... the incidence of birth defects around 21 industrial landfill sites in the UK, Belgium ... terminations in which birth defects were seen where ...

Article: Landfill sites 'link' to birth ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  January 25, 2002 ;     471 words ... ... FEARS that living close to landfill sites could cause birth defects have been strengthened ... those living near hazardous landfill sites. A third study funded ... There are thousands of landfill sites in the UK, but only about ...

Article: Birth defects and landfill sites.
M2 Presswire;  August 16, 2001 ;     673 words ... ... OF THE EARTH: Birth defects and landfill sites (C)1994 ... within 2km of a landfill sites are more likely to have birth defects than babies born ... link between birth defects and hazardous waste landfill sites. There are more ...

Article: LARGEST EVER STUDY INTO HEALTH OF POPULATIONS AROUND ...
PR Newswire;  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... stillbirths rates of birth defects did not increase ... reduced, after landfill sites were opened in ... known causes of birth defects, a review of the ... emanating from landfill sites to cause birth defects, a study of the ...

Article: Child defects 'higher near landfill sites'
Evening News - Scotland;  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... increased rate of birth defects has been found ... born near landfill sites, a study ... living close to landfill sites. Rates of birth defects did not increase ... weight and birth defects in children born near landfill sites. "That has ...

Article: MORE SCOTS BABIES HAVE BIRTH DEFECTS; Doctors call ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 1, 2003 ;     612 words ... ... But we are not prioritising birth defects in the way that we should ... there may be a link between landfill sites and birth defects. A study which examined hazardous ... pregnant women living near landfill sites face a 40 per cent risk of ...