[CPEO-BIF] "Did feds' IBM [Endicott, NY] study go far enough?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

POLLUTION WORRIES: Did feds' IBM study go far enough?

by Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin *NY)
June 9, 2016

Federal officials are facing criticism over a recently released inconclusive study on birth defects of children born to IBM workers exposed to the chemical TCE.

“For people who worked at IBM — in fact, people exposed to TCE across the country — the study was fatally flawed,” said Lenny Siegel, executive director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight, of the long-awaited $3.2 million study released by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in late May.

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The NIOSH study, which focused on the once-thriving IBM’s microelectronics plant in Endicott, made no mention of TCE levels measured at 45 buildings in 2005.

NIOSH researcher and lead author Sharon Silver defended the decision because including the data would be “scientifically problematic.”


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/06/09/pollution-worries-niosh-ibm-study-endicott-tce-birth-defects/85629168/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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