They examined birth weights of infants born to families along the swales during 1940-1978. No such excess was evident for later years. Low birth weight is not a trivial matter. Beverly Paigen and others conducted a general health survey with interviewers inquiring about physician-diagnosed complaints of the parents of 523 Love Canal and 440 control children. The physical differences could not be explained by chronic illnesses, race, height of parents, socioeconomic status, nutrition, stress, or birth weight.
Voles are small mouse-like mammals.
The 42 million pounds of chemicals have never been removed from Love Canal. Now Governor Mario Cuomo has given his personal approval to a plan to move poor families back into homes near Love Canal. Chemical dumps are something our children can live with. New York State Office of Public Health, 1978. We would like to continue to provide this service free.