French study ties incinerator operations to birth defects

comments     Claudia Theophilus     Published     Updated

The findings of a comparative study, released in France last week, have linked the operations of municipal solid waste incinerators to deformities in babies.

About 200 children in the Rhone-Alpes region were born deformed after such plants had been operating over the past 10 years, according to Paris-based National Centre for Independent Information on Waste (CNIID).

For the rest of this story and more, subscribe for only RM150 a year. If you're already a subscriber, please sign in.

Sign in Subscribe now


Malaysiakini
news and views that matter


Sign In