Rathbun rural water system was found to contain elevated levels of triazine herbicides.
Rates of low birth weight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in live
singleton births during the period 1984-1990 by women living in 13 communities served by
the Rathbun water system were compared to other communities of similar size in the same
Iowa counties. The Rathbun communities had a greater risk of IUGR than southern Iowa …