California - About Birth Defects

EPA fines West's largest toxic dump for improper disposal of cancer-causing chemicalsA vast toxic waste dump at the center of a birth defects controversy in Central California has been fined more than $300,000 for allowing cancer-causing chemicals to leach into the soil, ...

State probe finds no common cause for birth defects near West's largest toxic waste dumpCalifornia health officials said Monday they found no common cause for birth defects plaguing infants in an impoverished San Joaquin Valley farm town where residents are battling plans ...

Aicardi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder affecting only girls. Aicardi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which primarily affects newborn girls. Since newborn girls are primarily affected by this condition, it is thought that the disease-causing gene or genes is/are found ...

EPA OKs more hazardous waste for Calif. toxic dump blamed by residents for birth defectsThe Environmental Protection Agency says a central California landfill that local residents blame for birth defects can continue accepting hazardous waste.The landfill next to Kettleman City is run ...

Grieving parents testified Thursday before California legislators about a rash of infant deaths and birth defects in an impoverished farm town next to the biggest hazardous waste landfill in the West."How many more children will have to be born with these conditions ...

Families in California city say they are hopeful toxic mystery will be solved after EPA visit It was the day the families of this rural farm community had long awaited.Jared Blumenfeld, newly appointed regional director of the EPA's Pacific Southwest division, sat ...

County board approves expansion of California toxic-waste dump despite health concernsA county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town.The Kings County ...

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