Study: Plume vapors linked to birth defects
Study: Plume vapors linked to birth defects
Infants born in 70-block area of Endicott had higher rates of health problems
ENDICOTT -- A new study links congenital heart problems, low birth weight and other birth defects to soil vapors from industrial contaminants that have lurked beneath Endicott -- and in subterranean pockets across upstate New York -- for decades.
State Department of Health researchers found infants born to mothers living in a 70-block area of Endicott, south of the former IBM manufacturing facility, had health problems at higher rates than those born in the rest of the state.
The area is contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), two industrial solvents that have been connected to health problems, including cancer and neurological issues.
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Environmental groups pushed for years to get government recognition of TCE's threat, before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for the first time, established risk values for inhalation exposure last September.
"It was a major political victory," Siegel said, "because the science was there for a long time."
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