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Landfill sites affect health?

A government-sponsored study of the incidence of birth defects in babies born within 2km of landfill sites shows some anomalies but provides no conclusions. Commenting on the study carried out by the Small Areas Statistics Unit at Imperial College, deputy chief medical officer Pat Troop said: ‘We cannot say there is no risk from landfill sites.’

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