Summary: Premature Babies In Corpus Christi Stasis

Premature Babies in Corpus Christi Stasis Analysis

Jahne Cole - ENGL 1302 In these articles being discussed, the authors, Peter Langlois, Rhiannon Meyers, and Steve Lerner discuss the birth defects in Corpus Christi and the possible causes of the matter. Meyers, Langlois, and Lerner all used the idea of stasis to state the local issue of the health of babies in the southern parts of Texas.

Each one of these articles used all of the steps in stasis to discuss this issue except for evaluation. Each article did a wonderful job describing the problem as a precipitating cause. The articles discussed how the problem of birth defects in the south can correlate to financial problems, health of the mother, and mainly the factories that are polluting

Meyers claims that, “A new study reaffirming a higher rate of birth defects in the area has been handed to a federal agency to investigate whether refineries and chemical plants have played a role.” This is used mainly because the whole purpose of this news article is to find out why this is happening so we can find out what to do about it. The article mainly leans toward the side that the refineries are the main cause of birth defects Meyers mentions certain researchers to let the reader know that it might not be the only cause. “While this study is more comprehensive than ones in the past, the study can't say that elevated rates of birth defects are caused by local industries. That's because other risk factors for birth defects, such as diabetes and poverty, can't be ruled out, said Peter Langlois, a senior epidemiologist for the birth defects epidemiology and surveillance branch of the Department of State Health

His information comes from Canales, and she only subjects the issue to one thing. Which in the article by Meyers, he states multiple causes because it was his main focus to show the controversy of the citizens. You can see how just by comparing these two articles no one wants to believe that it is their fault for the problems they have before or after the pregnancy, especially Canales. She wants to believe that there was no fault in their lifestyles only a problem with the refineries that are in their area. “Tragically, during the time period when Canales was pushing for more birth defect studies, two of her grandchildren, Justin and Julian, were born with two different heart defects of types found to occur at elevated levels in her community.” This could be true, but you never know what ese comes in to