'Bizarre' Cluster of Severe Birth Defects Haunts Health Experts
By JoNel Aleccia
Research has shown that there are potential links between anencephaly and exposure to molds and to pesticides, Ashley-Koch said. Central Washington is a prime agricultural area that produces crops from apples and cherries to potatoes and wheat, which may require pesticides that contain nitrates.
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People living in non-organic farming areas where artificial fertilizers are used, where pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals are sprayed over crops, and where the water supply becomes contaminated by all these dangerous chemicals show an increased rate in birth defects and in cancer rates.