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Article: Adverse pregnancy outcomes near landfill sites in Cumbria, Northwest England, 1950-1993.
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- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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DISPOSAL of domestic and industrial waste in landfill sites may expose local residents to dioxins and other chemicals. (1) Such pollutants many of which act as endocrine disrupters--are hazardous to human health, (2,3) although little is known about the effects of low-dose environmental exposures. (4,5)
There have been few epidemiological investigations into the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death associated with living in proximity to landfill sites, especially those sites which deal with household waste. (6,7) In recent studies throughout Europe, investigators have reported an excess risk of congenital anomaly in babies whose mothers lived close to landfill ...