Q. My wife was a child during her exposure to the contaminated drinking water at camp LeJeune. We have three children, the first was diagnosed with Oxidative Phosphorylation disorder. Have there been any studies looking at the offspring of females who had long term exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and associated by-products as children?
A.There are a few studies on the health effects of prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene, but, to the best of our knowledge, no studies on possible health effects among their offspring. This means that there have been a few studies to determine if there are ill effects among people like your wife but there have not been any studies (yet) on individuals like your children. So far, our own studies on
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