RE: three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

[Guest guest]

Alice,

The article you remitted was very disturbing, has there been a physical test or analysis saying what caused the birth defects.

There are genetic tests that are now avaiable to verify what happend. The defeacts look similar to some drug tests done in

the 1960's. Someone needs to take a medical history of these women.

Rene Quintana

ALMA Del Norte

-----Original Message-----From: Alice Larson [mailto:las@...]Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:35 PM GroupsSubject: [ ] three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

Folks might be interested in this article recently in the Palm Beach Post. It's about three babies born with severe birth defects. The migrant mothers all worked in the same field in Immokalee during their pregnancies. The article says "they" (State Health, State pesticide regulation, others) are taking a closer look at this. It would be interesting to see what they find. It also notes that few medical providers (including the local Community Health Center) knew they were required by Florida law to report pesticide-related illness. Below is the link to the story:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/special_reports/carlitos/

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[Guest guest]

I'm not familiar with FL but here, in TX, there is a state birth defects registry (Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance at www.dshs.state.tx.us), which would be helpful in discerning patterns of such occurrences. Does FL do this? Also, the CDC would be interested in these cases.

L MacNaughton, MPH

University of TX Sch of Public Health

Human Genetics Center

Starr County Health Studies Liaison

1200 Herman Pressler, E429

Houston, TX 77030

(PO Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225)

713-500-9810 - phone

713-500-0914 - fax

From: Rene Quintana [mailto:rquintana@...] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [ ] three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

Alice,

The article you remitted was very disturbing, has there been a physical test or analysis saying what caused the birth defects.

There are genetic tests that are now avaiable to verify what happend. The defeacts look similar to some drug tests done in

the 1960's. Someone needs to take a medical history of these women.

Rene Quintana

ALMA Del Norte

-----Original Message-----From: Alice Larson [mailto:las@...]Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:35 PM GroupsSubject: [ ] three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

Folks might be interested in this article recently in the Palm Beach Post. It's about three babies born with severe birth defects. The migrant mothers all worked in the same field in Immokalee during their pregnancies. The article says "they" (State Health, State pesticide regulation, others) are taking a closer look at this. It would be interesting to see what they find. It also notes that few medical providers (including the local Community Health Center) knew they were required by Florida law to report pesticide-related illness. Below is the link to the story:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/special_reports/carlitos/

Alice C. Larson, Ph.D.Larson Assistance Serviceslas@...206.463.9000 (voice)206.463.9400 (fax)P.O. Box 801Vashon Island, WA 98070To Post a message, send it to: GroupsTo Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe To Post a message, send it to: GroupsTo Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

Alice and and all interested parties,

There's a National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at CDC. They may be able to sort their own data for the birth defects that showed up at Imokalee. I think they have been helping fund birth defects registries in the states and may even have information related to any investigations into certain birth defects. It's a good place to start, anyway. They have an online contact site:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd. Then you have to fill out a request. Or, you could call them, but I don't have that number.

Narda Tolentino, MSPH

Oregon

-------------- Original message --------------

I'm not familiar with FL but here, in TX, there is a state birth defects registry (Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance at www.dshs.state.tx.us), which would be helpful in discerning patterns of such occurrences. Does FL do this? Also, the CDC would be interested in these cases.

L MacNaughton, MPH

University of TX Sch of Public Health

Human Genetics Center

Starr County Health Studies Liaison

1200 Herman Pressler, E429

Houston, TX 77030

(PO Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225)

713-500-9810 - phone

713-500-0914 - fax

From: Rene Quintana [mailto:rquintana@...] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [ ] three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

Alice,

The article you remitted was very disturbing, has there been a physical test or analysis saying what caused the birth defects.

There are genetic tests that are now avaiable to verify what happend. The defeacts look similar to some drug tests done in

the 1960's. Someone needs to take a medical history of these women.

Rene Quintana

ALMA Del Norte

-----Original Message-----From: Alice Larson [mailto:las@...]Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:35 PM GroupsSubject: [ ] three Florida migrant children with severe birth defects

Folks might be interested in this article recently in the Palm Beach Post. It's about three babies born with severe birth defects. The migrant mothers all worked in the same field in Immokalee during their pregnancies. The article says "they" (State Health, State pesticide regulation, others) are taking a closer look at this. It would be interesting to see what they find. It also notes that few medical providers (including the local Community Health Center) knew they were required by Florida law to report pesticide-related illness. Below is the link to the story:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/special_reports/carlitos/

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