Birth Defects Research for Children

Below is a link to a website run by Birth Defects Research for Children (BDRC). It is a non-profit organization that provides parents and expectant parents with information about birth defects and support services for their children. BDRC has a parent-matching program that links families who have children with similar birth defects. BDRC also sponsors the National Birth Defect Registry, a research project that studies associations between birth defects and exposures to radiation, medication, alcohol, smoking, chemicals, pesticides, lead, mercury, dioxin and other environmental toxins.

BDRC provides a fact sheet on various types of birth defects found in children. Look through the list to learn more about some of the more common birth defects, such as cleft lip/palate.