Where are the boys?
Pollution has allegedly tipped the gender balance in the Chemical Valley community, living among chemical plants in southwest Ontario, Canada. A review of Aamjiwnaang First Nation birth records, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, says only about one third of the babies born in the area between 1999 and 2003 were males. The area houses Canada's largest bunch of chemical, allied manufacturing and research and development units.
Many researchers believe the industry is linked to the change. "
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