As more genital birth defects are seen in boys, attention turns to phthalates

November 2, 2008 By Faye Flam

At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, surgeon Howard Snyder says he and his colleagues repair the genitalia of roughly 300 baby boys every year - about double what they did when he started his practice 30 years ago.

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