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...miscarriage rate among women in the contaminated sector was a startling 25.2% compared with 8.5% before they moved into the neighborhood. But what triggered the latest crisis was a study showing an unusually high incidence of serious genetic damage among people living in the area. Conducted for the EPA by a small Houston-based research lab, Biogenics Corp., the study showed abnormalities in the chromosomes of eleven of the 36 area residents who were tested...
Federal officials had hoped to review and double-check the findings, which quickly came under attack, before releasing them. But the report was leaked to some residents as well as the press. So, with little forewarning, a team of EPA officials rushed to Niagara Falls, borrowed the Homeowners Association building and called in the study participants one by one to tell them the test results...