Herbicides cause open stomach disease in the fetus

Xinhua cited research results recently published by US scientists at the annual meeting of the American Pregnancy Medicine Association in Chicago, showing that if women are in regular pregnancy Exposure to atrazine herbicide has a high risk of giving birth to a child with open abdominal disease.

Scientists at the University of Washington, USA, randomly selected 805 children with open abdominal disease and 3,616 normal children between 1987 and 2006 to conduct research on the relationship between drugs. Herbicide with open-hearted congenital disease in children.

Abdominal defect is a rare form of malformations due to lack of abdominal wall development, which indicates that a child has a deficiency in the abdominal wall in the umbilical area thereby causing the intestines to go out. Children with open stomach disease may develop kidney failure or respiratory failure, the death rate is very high.

Scientists believe that an infant with an open stomach disease not only has a relationship with the mother's chromosome, but also has a relationship with the mother's early use of drugs, smoking or environmental factors.

Scientists analyzed the records stored at the US Geological Survey between herbicide use and the birth of children in the same period, then proceeded to reconcile the records of use. Herbicide with birth date of children. The study found that, if within 25km of the place where the mother lived appears to be contaminated with herbicide on the surface of the water, the probability of children being born with open stomach disease increased markedly.

Especially in the spring is the time when herbicides are used on a large area, if the mother is pregnant, the risk of having a baby with open stomach disease is very high.

Because atrazine herbicides are harmful to the environment and human health, Europe has suspended the use of this herbicide. However, due to the good herbicide effect, the United States still allowed the use of this drug series.