Oct 16, 2012 A new study published in the Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology bulletin reconfirm earlier findings
that the weapons and ammunition that were used by the US and
Nato in Iraq have led to a widespread health crisis, with a
sharp rise in birth defects and unexplainable illnesses. A team
led by Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicologist at
the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health conducted
the study and found that there was a five-fold increase in birth
defects since the occupation began. Dr Savabieasfahani said that
for the first time, there is a “footprint of metal in the
population” and that there is “compelling evidence linking the
staggering increases in Iraqi birth defects to neuro-toxic metal
contamination following the repeated bombardments of Iraqi
cities”. She called the “epidemic” a “public health crisis”.
“The latest study found that in Fallujah, more than half of all
babies surveyed were born with a birth defect between 2007 and
2010. Before the siege, thi