2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Fort Bragg [NC] Infant Death Toll May Climb to Twelve"
 
Fort Bragg Infant Death Toll May Climb to Twelve

By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Aaron Kessler, Sarasota Herald- Tribune
March 8, 2011,

A 12th infant apparently has died of undetermined causes in military housing at Fort Bragg, N.C., and investigators are now trying to determine whether the death is linked to fumes from contaminated drywall or some other environmental problem in the home. Last month, federal officials declared that 11 earlier infant deaths were not caused by environmental contaminants, but they did not suggest any alternative causes.

Four-and-a-half-month-old Jaxson Garza died on Feb. 24. His parents, Sgt. Armando Garza and his wife Brittany, both 26, were moved to a guest house on the base later that day. Brittany Garza later learned that her home was being tested for defective drywall and other environmental problems.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.propublica.org/article/fort-bragg-infant-death-toll-may- climb-to-twelve

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