Colombia Attributes Rise in Cyclops Babies to Environment
Series: Women defend what's theirs: the female body
Story by: Olga Behar
Summary
Summary
They are called Cyclops, because of its similarity with the one-eyed giant of Greek mythology. But the reality is very hard, because they have no chance of life. These babies are born with one eye in the middle of the face; the nose, when they have it, is flawed, so they can not breathe and die at birth, when the umbilical cord is cut. According to the medical literature, there is one case per 150 thousand live births. But in Cali, Colombia, during the past three years, seven babies were born, surpassing all the statistics.
Discussion
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Por lo menos una década. El problema es que, mientras haya lixiviados, subsistirá el riesgo. Afortunadamente, muchos habitantes viven ahora algo lejos del antiguo basurero y están iniciando un proceso de control, que algún día dará sus frutos
20 May 2010mpresionante informe, Olga. Me pregunto cuánto tiempo estuvieron expuestas las mujeres a esos agentes contaminantes para que llegaran a producirse en su cuerpo esas alteraciones genéticas...¿quizás desde niñas? Y si no se toman medidas, muchas futuras madres continuarán gestando cíclopes.
13 Feb 2010I don't know the numbers, but that statistic struck me as very high as well.
02 Feb 2010After seeing this item i wonder if this statistic of 1 in 150.000 isn't already extremelly high. Is this only in Colombia or all over the world? Does anyone know?
02 Feb 2010
