Adding folic acid to bread leads to 68 per cent drop in serious birth defects among Aboriginal children
Adding folic acid to bread leads to 68 per cent drop in serious birth defects among Aboriginal children - Health advocates campaigned long and hard for the mandatory scheme in the belief it would improve health outcomes and their work now seems to have paid off, with a new study revealing a 68 per cent drop in the prevalence of spina bifida and other defects in Aboriginal children.