2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:44:37 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Endicott, New York TCE vapors linked to congenital heart problems
 
[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
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