Dads’ jobs and birth defects

Posted at: 07/18/2012 6:41 AM

While dad is often the stereotypical breadwinner of the family -- what he does to earn that income has now been linked to birth defects in children.
 
Researchers at the University of North Carolina polled 5,000 fathers. One-thousand had children with a birth defect.
 
Their findings drew a link between certain jobs and an increased risk for babies born with defects -- including computer scientists, artists, photographers, landscapers, drivers and those operating cranes and diggers.  
 
The study did not look any specific types of chemicals. Much more research is warranted.

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