Landfill risk of birth defects

Research by Dr Martine Vrijheid of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine into 23 landfill sites across Europe shows chromosomal abnormality birth defects are 40% more likely to those living within 3km of such sites. An earlier study found a 33% risk increase in nonchromosomal abnormalities. A report appears in The Lancet , February 2002.