Original sentence: A 2006 review of studies of international coalition troops' children concluded there was no consistent evidence linking Gulf War deployment to major birth defects conceived after the war, despite a variety of methodologies and data sources being used.A 2008 report published by the United States Veteran's Affairs Administration on GWS concluded that though there were suggestions of increased birth defects in veterans, the ability to link service to specific birth defects was limited and "overall rates are still within the normal range found in the general population".A review of several studies of international coalition veterans' children found no strong or consistent evidence of an increase in birth defects.Despite this, the ability to detect increases in rare birth defects, defects in the children of female veterans, or the problems created by relying on self-reporting meant there were still "notable limitations" on the studies conclusions.There were no increases in birth defects found in the children of Australian or French troops.Two studies of Gulf war veterans found increases in self-reported birth defects of veterans's children, though this association was weakened when the analysis was restricted to confirmed conditions, and the authors expressed a concern over recall bias
Edited sentence: Epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in the offspring of persons exposed to depleted uranium.There were a steady increase in malignancies and newborn malformations after the Gulf War