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Study shows environmental contamination increase

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 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studies the effect of the environment on people and their health. The CDC's Environmental Hazards and Health Effects Program (EHHE)  has several programs investigating environmental hazards.

For more information, go to http://www.cdc.gov.