Children's Centers To Study Prenatal Effects of Dioxins

http://strategicplan.niehs.nih.gov/a/ideafactory.do?mode=top&pageOffset=4

The children of Vietnam veterans are the largest living laboratory for studying the possible adverse reproductive outcomes of their parent(s)' exposures to dioxins. Data collection on thousands of cases of children reported by their parents to the National Birth Defect Registry suggests a pattern of adverse outcomes that includes increases in learning, attention, immune and endocrine disorders. Creating a NIEHS center(s) to study these reproductive outcomes could contribute to a valuable database of knowledge on the reproductive effects of dioxins that would be applicable to exposures in the civilian environment.

With best regards,

Betty


Betty Mekdeci
Executive Director
Birth Defect Research for Children
http://www.birthdefects.org/
976 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite 104
Orlando FL 32814
407-895-0802