IMMOKALEE, Fla., March 14 (UPI) -- Birth defects to three babies who live within 200 feet of one another in a migrant labor camp at Immokalee, Fla., have led to a pesticide investigation.
Dale Dubberly, chief state official for pesticide investigation, has promised to look into information provided by the Palm Beach Post, the newspaper reports.
Dubberly said the births "may have nothing to do with pesticides, but we'll try to get to the facts."
The parents of the three babies are all Mexicans who worked for the same produce company, picking tomatoes in the same field at Immokalee.
A list is posted at the entrance to the field naming 38 products involving 30 chemicals used on the crops during the year.
The babies were born over a period of Dec. 17 through Feb. 6. One was born without arms or legs, another had an underdeveloped jaw that causes his tongue to fall into his throat and the third is missing its nose, an ear and has no visible genitals.
