Areawide chemical contamination. Lessons from case histories
R. W. Miller
Nine case histories illustrate the mounting problems owing to chemical
contamination that often extends beyond the workplace into the community.
The effects include not only carcinogenesis and teratogenesis, so much in
the public's mind, but also severe neurological and gonadal disabilities
immediately after exposure. Recognition of causal relationships is often
made by astute clinicians. The experience of the Atomic Bomb Casualty
Commission in studying Japanese survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki serves
as a model for future studies of communities exposed to unusual
environmental contamination.
