Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
J Perinat Med. 2013 Jul;41(4):429-35. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0061.
The objective of this study was to determine whether maternal residential proximity to a nuclear reactor is associated with prevalence of certain birth defects.
The New York State Vital Statistics and Congenital Malformations Registry data (1992-2001) were analyzed for five Hudson Valley counties in a 20-mile radius from the Indian Point nuclear reactor (Buchanan, NY, USA). Four zones of 5-mile increments were used to categorize proximity to the reactor. Data included congenital anomalies, low birth weight, and prematurity.
Over the 10-year period, 702 malformations in 666 children were identified from a birth population of 328,124, yielding a regional rate of 2.1 major malformations per 1000 births. The prevalence of defects, low birth weight, and prematurity were not related to proximity to the nuclear power plant.
These data did not substantiate an association between maternal proximity to the reactor and certain birth defects and provide baseline data for comparison in the event of a nuclear accident.
本研究旨在确定母亲居住地点与核反应堆的距离是否与某些出生缺陷的发生率有关。
对美国纽约州哈德逊谷地区五个县（布坎南，纽约）离印第安角核反应堆 20 英里范围内的 1992 年至 2001 年的纽约州生命统计和先天性畸形登记数据进行了分析。使用四个 5 英里递增的区域来对接近反应堆的程度进行分类。数据包括先天性异常、低出生体重和早产。
在 10 年期间，从 328124 名出生人口中发现了 666 名儿童的 702 种畸形，区域畸形发生率为每 1000 例活产 2.1 例。缺陷、低出生体重和早产的流行率与靠近核电厂无关。
这些数据并未证实母亲接近反应堆与某些出生缺陷之间存在关联，并为核事故发生时的比较提供了基线数据。
