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Iraq Birth Defects

Sebastian Meyer

Published December 18, 2012

The Iraqi city of Fallujah is now experiencing an alarming increase in birth defects. A recently-published medical study indicates that exposure to toxic metals from U.S. munitions could be responsible, though the Pentagon denies the claim. Sebastian Meyer reports.

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