ACCORDING TO THE BEEB, "A senior family planning official in China has noted an alarming rise in the number of babies with birth defects, a Chinese media report says."
Jiang Fan, from China's National Population and Family Planning Commission, said environmental pollution was the cause of the problem.
He said a child was born with physical defects every 30 seconds because of the degrading environment.
The report said China's coal-rich Shanxi province had the highest rate.
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