Birth Defects

Approximately eight percent of all children are born with some form of birth defect or physical irregularity. While many of these birth defects are relatively minor, some can cause lifelong disabilities and premature death. In fact, birth defects are the number one cause of death during the first year of life.

There are over 4,000 known birth defects including those of the heart, digestive system, face, spine, limbs, brain, eyes, kidneys, bladder, and chromosomal irregularities. While the causes of most birth defects are unknown, many may be due to heredity or environmental factors such as drug use (legal or illegal) and pollution.

View sub-topics at right to learn more about some specific birth defects, including birth defects caused by drug use, as well as information on how to contact a birth defects lawyer.

See Also¶

1. Anencephaly: Overview
2. Cerebral Palsy
3. Children's Health Matters: Overview
4. Cleft Lip: Overview
5. Congenital Heart Defects
6. Spina Bifida: Overview
7. Turner's Syndrome: Overview
8. 1,3-Butadiene
9. 2-Butanone
10. 2-Butoxyethanol
11. Accupril / Quinapril Hydrochloride: Overview
12. Accutane / Isotretinoin
13. Acetone
14. Acrolein Exposure: Overview
15. Acrylonitrile
16. Product Liability - Food & Restaurant - Alcoholic Beverages Overview
17. Anthrax Vaccine
18. Atrazine
19. Ballou High School - Washington, D.C.
20. Bellvue, Colorado
21. Benlate / Benomyl
22. Benzene
23. Boron
24. Bromodichloromethane
25. Cabot-Koppers, Gainesville
26. Cadmium
27. Cafergot / Ergotamine Tartrate and Caffeine: Overview
28. Carbon Disulfide
29. Cesium
30. Chlorinated Dibenzofurans (CDFs)
31. Chloroform
32. Cigarettes & Tobacco
33. Clair-Mel City Central Service Yard: Overview
34. Clarinex / Desloratadine: Overview
35. Claritin / Loratadine
36. Coal Ash Exposure: Overview
37. Coronet Industries - Plant City, Florida
38. Depacon / Valproate Sodium
39. Diesel Exhaust
40. Dilantin / Phenytoin Sodium
41. Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties - Florida: Overview
42. Fritz Mine - Fairfield, North Dakota
43. Fruit Avenue Plume Site - Albuquerque, New Mexico
44. GE Capacitators - Queensbury, New York: Overview
45. GEL Landfill: Overview
46. Geneva Steel - Vineyard, Utah
47. Georgetown, Texas
48. Ginseng
49. Glycol Ethers: Exposure
50. Hall Street Plant - Beaverton, Oregon
51. In Vitro Fertilization: Overview
52. Indiana County, Pennsylvania
53. Ionizing Radiation
54. Isophorone
55. Lamictal / Lamotrigine
56. Landia Chemical Company: Overview
57. Mason Valley - Nevada
58. Massena GM Plant: Overview
59. Matamoros, Mexico & Brownsville, Texas: Overview
60. Mavik / Trandolapril: Overview
61. Mercury
62. Midnite Mine - Wellpinit, Washington
63. Migrant Workers: Overview
64. Monopril / Fosinopril Sodium: Overview
65. Mustard Gas
66. Nitrogen Mustards (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3) (Blister Agent)
67. Olin Corporation Plant - McIntosh, Alabama
68. Ooplasmic Transfer: Overview
69. Organic Solvents: Exposure
70. Paxil / Paroxetine Hydrochloride
71. PCBs
72. Perchlorate
73. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / PAH
74. Prometrium / Progesterone
75. Railroad Workers & The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA)
76. RhoGAM
77. Royal Demolition eXplosive - RDX
78. School Buses & Commercial Lines
79. Semiconductor Industry
80. Soriatane / Acitretin
81. Stauffer Chemical: Overview
82. Strontium
83. Teflon
84. Tegretol / Carbamazepine
85. Teveten / Eprosartan Mesylate: Overview
86. Thimerosal
87. Tin
88. Toluene
89. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)
90. Trichloroethylene
91. Trimethoprim: Overview
92. Union City Cemetery - Indiana: Overview
93. Univasc / Moexipril Hydrochloride: Overview
94. Uranium
95. Vanadium Exposure: Overview
96. Videx / Didanosine
97. Vinyl Chloride
98. Vitamin A: Overview
99. Wingate Landfill - Fort Lauderdale
100. Birth Defects: Frequently Asked Questions