Something's not right in Basra and Fallujah

The number of birth defects and early deaths of children is astronomical, according to a University of Michigan study.

From October 1994 to October 1995, there were 1.37 birth defects at Al Basrah Maternity Hospital per 1,000 live births. By 2003, at the beginning of the war, the number of birth defects skyrocketed to 23 per 1,000 live births -- a 17-fold increase. Then the number of birth defects doubled again: By 2009, the maternity hospital witnessed a staggering 48 birth defects per 1,000 live births. In 2011, the last year for which data is available, there were 37 birth defects per 1,000 live births.

Infants under 1 year old were dying at the rate of 80 per 1,000 births; in Egypt that number is 19.8.

The study does not reach a definitive conclusion other than the likely possibility of metal contamination, probably from bullets and armaments.  How will this situation be recorded in the almanac of war costs?