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Study shows environmental contamination increase

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been studying the effect of the environment on people and their health.  Recently, researchers in Canada have linked male low birth rates to an increase in lower fertility and an increase in environmental contaminants. According to UPI, researchers studied the male birth weights of five million children born in Canada between 1981-2003 from records kept in the database of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The lead researcher was  Dr. Guy Van Vliet of Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center in Montreal.

The study, published in the journal Epidemiology, indicates that there has been a sustained decrease in the birth weights of boys and girls. This factor indicates that increasing environmental contaminants are affecting newborn males and contributes to low birth weight and low fertility.

According to the article in UPI, Dr. Vliet said the results of this study indicate that environmental contaminants need to be studied for their affect on the health of mothers and their babies. He said this increase in contaminants can affect the reproduction of future generations.

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