State investigating Yakima County birth defects
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Washington health officials are investigating several instances of a rare and fatal birth defect in Yakima County last year.
It occurs when the baby's brain doesn't develop as it should during the first month of pregnancy. The Washington state Department of Health expects one case among the roughly 4,000 births in the county each year. There were eight cases reported in 2012.
Health Department spokesman Donn Moyer said Wednesday that the investigation will take several months. He also says the reported cases are dispersed across the county and are not located in one area.
The defect is generally caused by a lack of folic acid in the mother's diet or by certain medications of hereditary conditions. Women with diabetes, smokers, obese women and Hispanic women are also at higher risk.
It occurs when the baby's brain doesn't develop as it should during the first month of pregnancy. The Washington state Department of Health expects one case among the roughly 4,000 births in the county each year. There were eight cases reported in 2012.
Health Department spokesman Donn Moyer said Wednesday that the investigation will take several months. He also says the reported cases are dispersed across the county and are not located in one area.
The defect is generally caused by a lack of folic acid in the mother's diet or by certain medications of hereditary conditions. Women with diabetes, smokers, obese women and Hispanic women are also at higher risk.
Thank God obamacare and amnesty are at the door, eh? Now they won't need to worry nooooooo more...right?
Check out those sheep that are grazing on the "firing range", Â ordnance shot or dropped into that area for the past decades might be suspect.
Just a thought, it seems to suggest the rate is 8 times normal. It also says Hispanic women are at a higher risk. It also says it's occurring in Yakima county. This falls under duh.
 @uscit16791949 It also says that obese women and smokers are susceptible. Have you been to Yakima lately? A lot of obese, smoking, Hispanic women over there. Statistically speaking.......mystery solved.