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What are the dangers of DDT on babies?
Women living in villages sprayed with the insecticide DDT to reduce malaria were more likely to give birth to boys with a 33 percent higher incidence of urogenital birth defects, a study found.
The two-year study, published online in the British Journal of Urology International, was conducted among 3,310 boys born to women from the Limpopo province where DDT spraying was carried out in high-risk areas to control malaria between 1995 and 2003.
The study found that women who stayed at home in sprayed villages, rather than leaving the house at times to work or study, had a 41 percent higher chance of giving birth to a boy with urogenital birth defects (UGBD), such as missing testicles or problems with their urethra or penis.