In the city of Fallujah, 64 km west of Baghdad (Iraq), a baby was born with a very rare anomaly - the complete absence of a nose. This anomaly is called arinia and occurs in one child in 197 million. In medicine, only about 100 cases of arinia have been described for all the time.
Most often, such a pathology is not fatal, but this baby also had congenital microcephaly (brain shrinkage). Therefore, he lived only three days. This baby's three older brothers and sisters are completely healthy.
According to Fallujah Birth Defects, the number of children with congenital anomalies in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has increased many times during the war.
Up to 15% of children in Fallujah are born with underdeveloped or completely missing limbs, extra fingers, and brain abnormalities. Fused twins often appear.
The frequency of such pathologies is 14 times higher than in Hiroshima and, according to the organization, they are caused by toxic substances from shells and other American weapons. Including depleted uranium.
A Fallujah Birth Defects spokesperson says it's the first time he has seen a child born without a nose in 9 years of work.
The Americans violently bombed Fallujah in 2004, destroying most of the buildings and causing a flood of 300,000 refugees. In 2012, Al Jazeera reported that in areas of Fallujah and many other Iraqi cities, radioactivity levels are much higher than normal.
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