Specific association of teratogen and toxicant metals in hair of newborns with congenital birth defects or developmentally premature birth in a cohort of couples with documented parental exposure to military attacks: observational study at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine.

In a recent study [ 35 ], we reported highly significant correlations between exposure of parental couples to metal delivering weaponry during Operation Cast Lead, the major recent military attack up to then, and the delivery of a baby with major structural birth defects as defined according to the CD10 [ 36 ]. 27% (15/55) of the couples with birth defect children born between May and September of 2011, declared exposure to WP explosions, versus 1.7% (67/3,932) of parents with normal offspring born in the same period.

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