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Cancer and birth defects near the Drake Superfund site, Pennsylvania

Journal Article · · Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)
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The Drake Superfund site in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, has been contaminated with the carcinogens ..beta..-naphthylamine, benzidene, and benzene. The authors reviewed county-wide, age-adjusted, sex-, race-, and site-specific cancer mortality rates for the years 1950-1959, 1960-1969, and 1970-1979, and type-specific birth defects incidence rates for 1973-1978. During the 1970s, a significantly increased number of bladder cancer deaths occurred among white males in Clinton County, and a significantly increased number of other cancer deaths occurred in the general population of Clinton and three surrounding counties. There were no statistically significant clusters of any specific birth defect or of all birth defects. County-wide data on cancer and birth defects can be used for initially screening counties with Superfund sites, but more definitive studies are needed to assess the actual health effects caused by these sites.
Research Organization:
Dept. of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA
OSTI ID:
5774370
Journal Information:
Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Journal Name: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States) Vol. 39:6; ISSN AEHLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

560306* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMINES
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BENZIDINE
BLADDER
BODY
CARCINOGENS
CHEMICAL WASTES
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DISEASES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FEDERAL REGION III
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MALFORMATIONS
MATERIALS
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
STATISTICAL DATA
SUPERFUND
URINARY TRACT
USA
WASTES