Fetal and infant mortality related to distance from NPL sites in the state of Florida: Distance and carcinogenicity as proxy for exposure

Previous studies have attempted to address the public's concern about the correlation of fetal and infant deaths with the proximity of hazardous waste sites, especially concerning the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's National Priority List (NPL) or Superfund sites. The purpose of this study is to attempt to establish its strength for the Florida population living in close proximity to these sites by searching for absolute attributable risk by distance from these sites. This will be achieved by comparing the data from the Florida Charts Fetal and Infant Death Indicators by the Census Tracts located at specific distances to the individual Florida NPL sites. The waste sites will be classified according to the carcinogenicity of toxicants present at the site and the sites will be addressed according to their known contaminated media and construction phases. The distances will be further qualitatively analyzed by GIS mapping of these specific tracts. In search for absolute Attributable Risk: An Ecological hypothesis generating study for which the units of analysis are fetal and infant population.