[CPEO-BIF] Endicott (NY) health study follow-up

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plume birth defects not tied to prenatal care
New report doesn't rule out TCE exposure as cause


By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
June 1, 2006

The latest report from state and federal health experts confirms an 
unusually high rate of birth defects and certain cancers in a polluted 
area of Endicott and rules out some possible causes other than pollution.

The document, published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry with the state Department of Health, is an update of a study in 
August that found high rates of testicular and kidney cancers, birth 
defects of the heart and low birth weights in areas polluted with 
industrial solvents, including trichloroethylene (TCE). Both documents 
found the illnesses were not likely due to chance but could not explain 
them.

The affected areas included about 300 acres between North Street and the 
Susquehanna River tainted with a subterranean plume of solvents seeping 
from under the former IBM factory on North Street, and a slightly 
smaller area to the west polluted with solvents from an undetermined source.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/NEWS01/606010327/1006

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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