In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned at birth because their parents feel ashamed of them or cannot afford the operations.

在一些国家，有这种缺陷的孩子往往一出生就被遗弃，因为他们的父母为他们感到羞耻，或者他们负担不起手术费用。

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The children were born between 1997 and 2003 and were participants in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, which drew data from 10 birth-defect surveillance systems in 10 states.

这些孩子在1997-2003年之间出生，并且参加了国家出生缺陷预防研究，这项研究从10个州的10个出生缺陷监测系统中提取数据。

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In the first group birth defect was found in 6 children. Total incidence rate amounts to 76%.

在孕期接触氯乙烯组中发现先天性缺陷子女6人，总计发生率为76%。

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They refused to accept mounting evidence that thalidomide was responsible for a sudden outbreak of a rare birth defect called phocomelia, in which children are born with severely deformed internal organs or limbs.

ECONOMIST: Thalidomide