the following appears in Reuter's

> NEW YORK, Feb 03 (Reuters Health) -- Mothers who ate a vegetarian
> diet during pregnancy had a five-time greater risk of delivering a boy with
> hypospadias, a birth defect of the penis, according to a report from British
> researchers.
>
> The team suggests that phytoestrogens, hormone-like compounds found in
> soy, may be responsible for the link.

the article is located:

http://www.reutershealth.com/frame_eline.html

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Denny Rice, RN, IBCLC
Dallas Texas USA

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