According to the study, supported by Brown University's Costs of War Project, Fallujah's population has seen a 17-fold increase in birth defects and anomalies since 2003.

And of course the consequences for the locals have been ghastly, including enormous increases in cancer, birth defects, leukemia, still births, infant mortality and so, so much more, including ...

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And maybe I should get to fire off a few of those depleted uranium rounds that've been linked to birth defects among Fallujah locals in the 20 years since the battle.

To this day, babies born in Fallujah have suffered disproportionately high levels of birth defects, including congenital heart disease, gastroschisis (where the digestive system is found outside ...

She was told birth defect incidence rates there are between 1-2 percent. Alani’s log of cases of birth defects amounts to a rate of 14.7 percent of all babies born in Fallujah, more than 14 times the ...

The cause of her birth defects were likely environmental and linked with burn pits, but the cause of her death was the destroyed hospital infrastructure.

And the incidence of birth defects in Iraq may be linked to burn pits and other detritus of war. FADEL: So you've been documenting intergenerational impacts on people in Iraq. What are you finding?

In Fallujah, a central Iraqi city that has experienced heavy warfare, doctors have also reported a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children.

I interviewed Iraqi families, medical researchers, doctors, scientists, weapons experts, as well as Marines who had fought in Fallujah. Doctors reported a sharp uptick in birth defects after the ...