[CPEO-MEF] Camp Lejeune (NC) "Study links contaminated water to adverse birth outcomes"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study links contaminated water to adverse birth outcomes

By Adelina Colbert
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
November 21, 2014


Pregnant women exposed to contaminated drinking water aboard Camp  
Lejeune might have experienced adverse birth outcomes, according to  
documents released this week.

A study released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease  
Registry on Friday revealed that women who were pregnant and exposed  
to the volatile organic compounds or VOCs, perchloroethylene or PCE,  
trichloroethylene or TCE, and benzene found in the drinking water on  
Camp Lejeune between 1968 and 1965 had a higher risk of having  
adverse birth outcomes.

The aim of the study was to assess the link between residential  
prenatal exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune  
between 1968 and 1985 and preterm birth, small for gestational age,  
term low birth weight and mean birth weight deficit. During the  
study, ATSDR used birth certificates to identify mothers living at  
Camp Lejeune at delivery and analyzed the entire pregnancy and  
individual trimesters.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/study-links-contaminated-water-to- 
adverse-birth-outcomes-1.404639

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