[CPEO-BIF] Endicott, New York TCE vapors linked to congenital heart problems

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

[My understanding is that the congenital heart problems are the  
driver for the non-cancer risk level that U.S. EPA established in its  
September 2011 Toxicological Assessment for TCE. - LS]


Study: Plume vapors linked to birth defects
Infants born in 70-block area of Endicott had higher rates of health  
problems


by Steve Reilly
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
January 7, 2011

ENDICOTT -- A new study links congenital heart problems, low birth  
weight and other birth defects to soil vapors from industrial  
contaminants that have lurked beneath Endicott -- and in subterranean  
pockets across upstate New York -- for decades.

State Department of Health researchers found infants born to mothers  
living in a 70-block area of Endicott, south of the former IBM  
manufacturing facility, had health problems at higher rates than  
those born in the rest of the state.

The area is contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and  
tetrachloroethylene (PCE), two industrial solvents that have been  
connected to health problems, including cancer and neurological issues.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120107/NEWS01/201070332/Study- 
Plume-vapors-linked-birth-defects?odyssey=nav%7Chead

For the original study, go to
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info 
%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1103884

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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