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Reports on the results of the research conducted at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario revealing that female workers exposed to certain organic solvents while on the job are 13 times more likely to give birth to a baby with major defects. Other dangers posed by the solvents; Sources of the solvents.

Focuses on the statements made by the HVB, the German-workers compensation authority, regarding the simplification of the diagnosis of brain damage from exposure to industrial organic solvents. When the simplification is expected to begin; Symptoms which will be considered by the HVB that are associated with solvent overexposure; Comments made by Dr. Martin Butz from the HVB.