Sicilians take aim at oil 'monster' they blame for children's birth defects

Italy's biggest oil firm is accused of polluting an area where experts found more toxic substance than water in the sea Everyone in the Sicilian town of Gela knows someone who has been hit by the health crisis that has gripped the town for decades.Mortality rates are higher than elsewhere on the island, and the town has an unusually high rate of birth defects, including the highest rate in the world of a rare urethra disorder. Continue reading...