Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani

Dr. Savabieasfahani was awarded the Rachel Carson prize in 2015. She has published extensively on harmful effects of war-created pollution in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq post 2003. She has documented severe lead poisoning in Iraqi children who live near US military bases in Iraq. She has also published on a huge rise in birth defects in Iraq and how these defects can be associated with chemical contamination during the 2003 war. Dr. Savabieasfahani, is an Iranian scientist, book author and researcher with over 30 scientific publications in the field of environmental toxicology. In 2009 her book "Pollution and reproductive damage: pollution induced cell-death and reproductive damage in fish and mammals" was published. "It is more than 10 years since the US-lead war in Iraq was over, but there is still a very high frequency of cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders and embryo defects", says Dr. Savabieasfahani. "Certainly the U.S. should be held responsible to cleanup its bases in Iraq", she says. "This would reduce the catastrophic damage inflicted upon Iraq's newborns, which is already reminiscent of that in Vietnam. Today, after 40 years, the U.S. is helping clean dioxin contaminated hot spot in Da Nang Airport in Vietnam. Why wait for decades? Cleanup now and save millions of people from years of devastation and pain", says Dr. Savabieasfahani. Learn more about Dr. Savabieasfahani's work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B0Hlw7uE7g http://www.michigandaily.com/news/iraqi-public-health-focus-lecture http://english.irib.ir/voj/in-depth-analysis/item/197705-us-wars-in-iraq-leave-irreparable-humanitarian-repercussions