No, actually I do understand that, GF. Maybe you're missing my point? From your own link - http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Defect/page5a.htm - It says:
Yes I read of the Yank paradox too.
Hard to know what's happening there. Those ill-informed may be hittin the sauce hard? Possibly there is little known about FAS by the public in the US, and so exactly those you have mentioned - women that normally don't drink heavily, but like the occasional or single daily drink - have been doing the damage?
The scary thing for Oz is we have a higher average grog intake than yanks and are amongst the highest drinkers in the world.
Aledgedly.. Here is my in-laws BBQ last weekend. Too much moonshine.
Er.. seriously, ABC 720 radio this morning.. "stats show that 1 in 5 Ozzies are addicted or will be addicted to alchohol in their lifetime." 1 in 5.
Sobering.