Why does the ATSDR study on specific birth defects and childhood cancers examine only the period from 1968 to 1985?
The study is restricted to children born between 1968 and 1985 because: • North Carolina began computerizing birth certificate information in 1968, and • the heavily contaminated wells were shut down in 1985. However, any findings from the study would also apply to children born before 1968 if the mothers lived in housing that received contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune. Searching for those born prior to North Carolina’s system going on-line would have been extremely difficult.
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