France begins nationwide probe
France has launched a nationwide probe into incidents of babies being born with either missing or malformed arms after abnormal rates of birth defects in several regions have sparked a public health scare.
Francois Bourdillon, head of the Public Health France agency, confirmed the investigation and said the results would be known in about three months.
A relatively small number of cases have been detected so far in total -- about 25 over the past 15 years in the regions of Brittany, Loire-Atlantique and Ain -- but the defects have caused public alarm.
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