France Launches Nationwide Inquiry Into Cases Of Babies Born With Missing Hands or Arm

France has launched a national inquiry into the number of babies being born with missing arms or hands.

The first investigation began after it emerged more than a dozen children had been born with the condition in clusters in three French regions. It ended after health authorities failed to identify a common cause.

But now another 11 cases have emerged in the eastern region of Ain, prompting officials to open a fresh inquiry.

French Health Minister, Agnès Buzyn had already pledged a further investigation in the wake of the initial report’s lack of explanations, amid continued public concern and widespread media coverage.

Speaking on French television on Wednesday morning, she said the first results from the national inquiry would be published in January, with more to follow by summer.

“I think all of France wants to know,” Buzyn said. “We don’t want to rule anything out. Perhaps it’s do with the environment, or something they ate, or something they drank. Perhaps it’s what they breathed – right now I just don’t know.”

Paul Ayorinde

Written by BoomRadioNG