A recent medical study proves that newborn babies have
over 200 chemicals in their cord blood, many of which are
known to cause birth defects.
Death From Birth Defects: Fetal Exposure to Toxins Out of Control
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 by: Gail L. Ross, MS, RD, citizen journalist
(NaturalNews) The leading cause of infant death in the U.S. results from
congenital birth defects. They have become an increasingly prominent
cause of infant death. In 1970, the deaths from birth defects were 15.1
percent and by 1997 the figure jumped to 22.1 percent. The increase in
birth defects is significant. Three to five percent of all U.S. babies
are born with birth defects according to CDC figures in 2004. Another
way of looking at it is one in every thirty three babies has a birth
defect. Birth defects can affect any part of the body such as heart
defects or neural tubes. Causes may be from nutrient deficiencies to
contaminants or a combination thereof.
In addition, five to ten percent of couples are infertile and half of
all pregnancies end up in miscarriage. Although infectious diseases of
childhood have appeared to decline for the time being, a new crop of
chronic conditions have erupted including childhood brain cancers,
lymphocytic leukemia, asthma, and autism to name a few. A closer look at
the root cause of birth defects reveals the potential for a nutritional
or toxic origin as the leading suspects.
Consider the fact that scientists have found newborns contaminated with
over 200 chemicals or pollutants through the study of umbilical cord
blood randomly selected from hospitals in 2004. The chemicals found in
the cord blood included 187 that are known carcinogens, 217 are known
neurotoxins and 208 are known to cause birth defects.
Fetal vulnerability is dramatically greater than for adults on a pound
for pound basis. Many of these contaminants are found in the food chain
and no amount of nutrition can make up for an immature detoxification
system or an immature porous blood brain barrier incapable of ridding
itself of the problem.
The first trimester of pregnancy is considered a “critical window” of
vulnerability because cells are differentiating into the various body
parts and damage from chemical insult can be permanent. Yet, even at
five months the fetus begins to breathe and swallow amniotic fluid. The
fluid passes into the lungs, it is swallowed into the gut and
continuously recycles in this manner. The fluid includes the urine.
Accumulation of toxins in the tissues is inevitable. By the third
trimester when the mother’s body dissolves maternal fat into the baby’s
blood, it brings another host of pollutants such as PCBs and dioxins
adding additional insult to an already overburdened immature body.
The EPA officials have had numerous studies conducted over the past
twenty years indicating the significant vulnerability of babies and
children to toxic exposure. Yet, action occurs at a snails pace if at
all. The studies have indicated that carcinogens are 10 times more
potent to babies and some chemicals are as much as 65 times more potent
to little ones.
Current policies are not comprehensive and ignore all other known
vulnerabilities except cancer causing ones. In other words, chemicals
such as neurotoxic insecticides that damage nervous tissue are
disregarded. Other chemicals that target a host of bodily systems that
damage say the immune system or kidneys or thyroid or liver have no
formal policy in place to review or rectify an obviously serious
situation for American children and the adults who care for them.
If that is not bad enough, it is now known that fetal exposures lead to
adult diseases and can affect future generations as well. Prenatal
nutrition is no longer just a matter of getting the right amounts of
foods and vitamins and essential fatty acids but also reducing body
burden of chemicals before, during and after pregnancy. As if life isn’t
complicated enough. Organic food anyone?
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About the author Gail L. Ross has a Master’s in Nutrition with two
additional post graduate years from Southwest College of Naturopathic
Medicine. She is an RD. She was an Adjunct Faculty member at the
Scottsdale Culinary Institute where she has taught Nutrition and
Environmental Science. She taught biology, intro diabetes and nutrition
and wellness at Central Arizona College. She worked for the Az State
Mental Health Hospital. She worked for various Women Infant and
Children’s Programs on the Shoshone and Arapaho and Navajo Indian
Reservations respectively. She was instrumental in initiating the
development of a Nutrition Support Team at the Denver Veteran’s
Administration Medical Center. She consulted with the LA Clippers. She
has worked in a variety of capacities, settings and locations. She has
been a pioneer in the field of nutrition and has appeared on various
radio shows, local TV stations and published articles during the course
of her career. She participated in the Denver PBS video production on
Eating Disorders entitled Beauty Lies: Cultural Ideals and Eating
Disorders.
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