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Increased birth defects in TX women exposed to benzene in air

October 26, 2010 By TXsharon

Study finds:

Pregnant women living in Texas neighborhoods with higher air levels of benzene – a pollutant often released from oil refineries and traffic exhaust – are more likely to have babies with neural tube defects. Women living in the areas with the highest benzene levels had a two times greater risk for their children to be born with spina bifida. More..

at levels 1000 times lower than fed workplace level.

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  1. Mike H. says

    October 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    The more they find about benzene, the worse it appears. So, TCEQ should NOT take benzene exposure lightly.

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