Surge in babies born without brains in Washington State
(NaturalNews) There is something seriously wrong in the fertile Yakima
Valley region of Washington. A surging number of babies are being born
with major birth defects, and the reasons why are eluding state health
officials.
As reported by CNN, a nurse in the area, Sara Barron,
was the first to report on a particularly horrifying condition:
anencephaly -- a condition in which babies are born without much of
their brain and skull.
"I was just stunned," she told the network
in an interview. "Three in a couple-of-month period of time... that's
unheard of, and they have such tragic, terrible outcomes."
Her
shocking finding and report eventually prompted an investigation by the
state health department. Investigators found some disturbing results.
Over
a three-year period, there were 23 cases concentrated in three southern
Washington counties -- Yakima, Benton and Franklin. That's a rate (8.4
per 10,000 live births) that is four times the national average (2.1 per
10,000 live births), CNN reported.
What could be causing such a phenomenon? Is it just one of those weird coincidences, or is something more sinister at play?
Mandy
Stahre, with the Washington State Department of Health, conducted the
investigation into the high rates of anencephaly. She says she and other
investigators are stumped.
"We have not found an answer, and
that's a very frustrating part, because this is such a devastating
diagnosis for a woman to have," she told CNN.
Barron, however, says she wonders if state
health authorities did not find anything because they didn't look hard enough at all possible causes.
'We have to weigh how invasive we want to be'For one thing, she said, the health department has not spoken to any of the parents of the babies who had
birth defects.
So they don't know what the parents may have eaten, or what
environmental conditions they have been exposed to, or what kind of
chemicals or substances they all might have come in contact with --
like, perhaps, the pesticides that are routinely sprayed in the heavily
agricultural region in which they live.
Andrea Jackman, whose
daughter Olivia was born with spina bifida, another type of neural tube
defect, said she wasn't asked anything by state investigators.
"Nobody's asked me anything," she told the network.
So,
exactly how did the state conduct its investigation? Stahre said
investigators examined data in each parent's medical record -- what sort
of prescription drugs they were taking and preexisting medical
conditions.
"The study examined medical records from January 2010
through January 2013 and looked at possible risk factors including
family history, pre-pregnancy weight, health risk behaviors such as
supplemental folic acid and medication use, and whether the woman's
residence received drinking water from a public or private source. No
significant differences were found when comparing cases of anencephaly
with healthy births in the three county area," said a health department
press release.
"But
medical records don't have details about diet or pesticide exposure,"
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reported, "two key considerations for this type of
birth defect."
Indeed, the health department -- in its press
release -- even admitted: "Medical record reviews might not have
captured all information, preventing a cause from being identified."
So why not talk to the mothers?
"Well,
we have to weigh that," said Stahre. "This is a devastating diagnosis,
and we know that for a lot of these women, they had to make some hard
choices. We do have to weigh about how invasive we want to be with these
types of reviews."
Engineered end of humanity?At
least one mother -- Jackman -- said she would have "been fine" with
being questioned. She wants answers so that other mothers don't have to
go through the same thing.
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