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Tag: Birth Defects

World

R.F.K. Jr. Has Unlikely Allies in His Drive to Limit Atrazine

May 20, 2025May 21, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on R.F.K. Jr. Has Unlikely Allies in His Drive to Limit Atrazine

An unlikely group is coalescing around the health secretary’s drive for restrictions on atrazine, which is linked to cancer, birth defects and low sperm counts.

World

Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

September 22, 2023September 24, 2023Fabian Federl, Jack Nicas and Ian CheibubComments Off on Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

Ten years after an international treaty to ban mercury, the toxic metal continues to poison. The reason might have to do with your wedding ring.

World

Merck’s Covid Pill Might Pose Risks for Pregnant Women

December 13, 2021BENJAMIN MUELLERComments Off on Merck’s Covid Pill Might Pose Risks for Pregnant Women

Some laboratory studies suggest that molnupiravir can insert errors in DNA, which could in theory harm a developing fetus, sperm cells or children.

World

The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage

November 9, 2019RICHARD C. PADDOCKComments Off on The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage

Indonesia’s mercury trade is intertwined with illegal gold mining around the world, leaving a legacy of thousands born with birth defects and half a million people poisoned.

Headlines

Joe Bugner, 75, British Boxing Champ Who Slugged It Out With Ali, Dies

September 1, 2025Jeré Longman

Searching the Rubble After Afghanistan’s Deadly Earthquake

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025THE NEW YORK TIMES

An Earthquake Killed Hundreds in Afghanistan

September 1, 2025Daniel E. Slotnik

For Putin, the Global Isolation Is Easing

September 1, 2025Paul Sonne

With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas

California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025KAREN ZRAICK

Why the Graffiti Artist Fonki Finds Inspiration in Angkorian Sculpture

September 1, 2025Mike Ives and Cy Liu

Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say

September 1, 2025Amelia Nierenberg

Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025CONSTANT MEHEUT
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