Some scientists in Belarus claim to have detected a rise in birth defects since the accident, although the general consensus is that this is an artifact of better reporting.

白俄罗斯的一些科学家声称，他们已经监测到自核事故发生以来先天畸形案例的增加，但舆论普遍认为这是由于报道力度加强所导致的。

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Even birth certificate reporting is catching up.

甚至出生证报告都能出。

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How far has it been exaggerated by the presumed practice of not reporting the birth of baby daughters in the hope of getting another shot at bearing a son?

ECONOMIST: Gendercide

Marlene Sanders, one of the very few women who managed to do on-the-air reporting for network television, left in 1960 to give birth to a son.

NPR: Excerpt: 'When Everything Changed'