>        this is from garynull.com
>Some segments of our society would like us to believe that pollution may only
>be a problem for future generations, but mounting evidence indicates that
>pollutants are affecting us now. For example, a recent study by University of
>Iowa researchers found that herbicide contamination in municipal water
>supplies in some Iowa communities is disrupting the normal growth of fetuses.
>
>How well an infant grows during fetal development has been found to be a good
>predictor of reproductive health. Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) is a
>condition in which a baby's weight at birth is very low relative to other
>babies of the same gestational age (less than the 10th percentile). IUGR has
>been associated with poor neonatal health, including apnea, bradycardia,
>respiratory distress, hypocalcemia, sepsis, cerebral palsy and impaired
>development lasting into childhood.
>
>In the University of Iowa study, infants of mothers living in several
>communities with herbicide-polluted water had a higher risk of IUGR. The mean
>level of the most notable contaminant, the herbicide atrazine, was 2.2
>micrograms per liter. The current maximum concentration level permitted for
>atrazine in drinking water is 3 micrograms per liter. Considering that
>children were being damaged at levels below those considered safe, a revision
>of standards may be in order. Based on information in: Environmental Health
>Perspectives, March 1997

Mag,

        I would like to see the live births/1000 incidence of CP in the Memphis
area. We had a big environment lawsuit here in the 1970's(Velsicol) and
they dumped tons of contaminants in the ground. I know we are the cancer
center of the South. I've never thought in terms of IUGR.

BGG