Topic: Beijing

Birth defects rise in parts of China: state media

AFP Global Edition - 890 days ago
The number of newborns with birth defects in many parts of China is rising rapidly as women have children later in life and environmental pollution takes its toll, state media reported on Tuesday.In Beijing, the rate of physical abnormalities -- such as ...
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Birth defects on the rise in Beijing

AP Features - 890 days ago
The number of birth defects in China's capital has almost doubled in the last decade, the city's health bureau said.There were 170 birth defects per every 10,000 births in Beijing last year, compared with 90 per 10,000 in 1997, it said.Ren Aiguo, ...
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