2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Jun 2006 15:39:10 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Endicott (NY) health study follow-up
 
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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