Adding folic acid to bread flour could prevent countless family tragedies

Citation

Browne T (2014) Adding folic acid to bread flour could prevent countless family tragedies. The Guardian [Blog Post] 04.04.2014. https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/apr/04/folic-acid-bread-flour-spina-bifida-neural-tube-defect

Abstract
Every week in England and Wales three babies are born with spina bifida and 13 pregnancies are terminated when a neural tube defect is discovered. Around two thirds of these events could be avoided by adding folic acid to flour