DuPont plans detailed cancer study at W.Va. plant
Dee Lewis on Jun 11th 2008
By TIM HUBER 06.09.08, 4:28 PM ET
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – DuPont is planning a detailed study looking at why workers at a West Virginia plant appear to be getting a rare form of cancer at a higher rate than normal.
The study DuPont (nyse: Stocks: DD – Company News) hopes to start this summer is designed to help determine whether anything at the Washington Works plant near Parkersburg is causing carcinoid tumors, company epidemiologist Morel Symons said Monday. Early work suggests there are more cases than would be expected at the plant, he said.
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