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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery
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To: RealMuLan who wrote (4071)1/4/2005 6:29:13 PM
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Birth defects on the rise in China

Beijing, China, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- China's Ministry of Health blames pollution and improved diagnostic methods for increasing statistics on health problems in newborns since 2001.

Between 4 and 6 percent of babies born in China have health problems, double the figure of 2 to 3 percent in many countries, the South China Morning Post reported Monday.

Ministry official Wang Bin said there were an estimated 800,000 to 1.2 million babies born with birth defects each year in China.

Some medical experts blame the increasing problems on the government's decision in 2003 to eliminate compulsory premarital health checks, which identified hereditary diseases, such as hemophilia, and sexually transmitted diseases.

In Shanghai, more than 98 percent of couples were tested under the mandatory health check policy, and 648 cases of syphilis were discovered in 2003. By the third quarter of 2004, only 3.26 percent had been tested, and only 13 cases of syphilis found.

But Wang said there was "no direct relationship between (the increase in birth defects) and the end of mandatory pre-marital health checks." She blamed environmental pollution for the increase, and the fact that doctors can now identify problems at birth that may have been missed in the past.

washingtontimes.com
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