[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Pesticides ruled out in [Ft. Bragg, NC] baby deaths"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pesticides ruled out in Bragg baby deaths

WRAL TV-5 News (NC)
March 31, 2011

Tests conducted in military housing at Fort Bragg found no elevated  
pesticide levels that would pose a health hazard, Army investigators  
said Thursday.

The Army Criminal Investigative Command has been investigating the  
unexplained deaths of a dozen children under age two in Fort Bragg  
housing since the beginning of 2007.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission conducted earlier testing  
that found levels of two pesticides – permethrin and cypermethrin –  
were on the "upper end of normal" but were not enough to be hazardous.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9363652/


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