[CPEO-BIF] "'NO CONCLUSION': Federal TCE pollution study at IBM plant, " Endicott, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I have attached the official summary of the study. - LS]

'NO CONCLUSION': Federal TCE pollution study at IBM plant

by Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
May 26, 2016

A federal study on birth defects of children of IBM workers carries at least one surprise and many unknowns.

The children of men, rather than women, who worked at a polluted IBM plant in Endicott had elevated rates of heart defects, according to federal researchers.

But scientists with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health point to exposure to chemical hazards workers encountered in daily operations at the plant from 1983 until 2001. The study, published Wednesday by Wiley Periodicals, could not say whether exposure to TCE (trichloroethylene) pollution was a factor.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/05/26/no-conclusion-federal-tce-pollution-study-ibm-plant/84912604/

Attachment: Endicott BD summary_final.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

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Lenny Siegel
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