Exposure to PCE-contaminated water linked to birth defects.Byline: ANI Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): Expectant mothers exposed to drinking water contaminated with tetrachloroethylene tetrachloroethylene /tet·ra·chlo·ro·eth·y·lene/ (tet?rah-klor?o-eth´i-len) a moderately toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon used as a dry-cleaning solvent and for other industrial uses. or perchlorethylene (PCE PCE pseudocholinesterase; see cholinesterase. erythromycin Apo-Erythro (CA), Apo-Erythro-EC, Diomycin (CA), E-Base, E-Mycin, Erybid (CA), Erymax (UK), Ery-Tab, Erythromid (CA), PCE (CA), Rommix (UK), Tiloryth (UK) ) are likely to give birth to kids with congenital defects, according to a new study. The study found an increased risk of oral clefts and neural tube defects Neural tube defects A group of birth defects that affect the backbone and sometimes the spinal chord. Mentioned in: Birth Defects in their children. "The results suggest that the risk of certain congenital anomalies is increased among the offspring of women who were exposed to PCE-contaminated drinking water around the time of conception," said Ann Aschengrau, from Boston University School of Public Health Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is Boston University's graduate School of Public Health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan. . The researchers studied the prevalence of birth defects in the children of women from 8 towns in Cape Cod who had been exposed to PCE during the period 1969-1983. They found that there were 61 children with congenital anomalies among the 1,658 children with some prenatal PCE exposure and 95 children with congenital anomalies among 2,999 children with no prenatal PCE exposure. "Because PCE remains a commonly used solvent and frequent contaminant contaminant /con·tam·i·nant/ (kon-tam´in-int) something that causes contamination. contaminant something that causes contamination. of ground and drinking water supplies, it is important to understand its impact on the developing fetus," said Aschengrau. The study is published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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