[CPEO-BIF] Updated article on Endicott, New York birth defects study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FRUSTRATION: Inconclusive pollution study at IBM plant proves vexing

by Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NYB)
May 26, 201

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

Children of men, rather than women, who worked at a polluted IBM plant in Endicott had elevated rates of certain 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.

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Due to lack of data, the study could not assess how ongoing exposure to TCE pollution at the site affected worker’s birth outcomes after the chemical was phased out.

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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/

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Lenny Siegel

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