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		<title>A Call to Action</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/07/06/a-call-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth defects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial pollutants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pensacola News Journal 
Editorial series, part 5: A Call to Action
Measuring pollution&#8217;s impact
So how do scientists try to measure the impact of pollution?
They look at broad areas — such as ZIP codes — and try to draw conclusions about what they find. They use “models” that tell them what they might find given the presence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer cluster or not, the reality is plain awful</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/07/04/cancer-cluster-or-not-the-reality-is-plain-awful/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/07/04/cancer-cluster-or-not-the-reality-is-plain-awful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlsbad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Quinta Middle School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Columnist Logan Jenkins
By Logan Jenkins, San Diego Union-Tribute
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 9 p.m.
Three years ago, my sister died in a cancer cluster.
Or so she and her fellow teachers believed like an article of faith.
As it almost invariably does, the California Cancer Registry debunked the plague that gave my sister’s terminal illness meaning beyond herself.
If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of &#8220;Poisoned for Profit&#8221; presentations</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/22/video-of-poisoned-for-profit-presentations/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/22/video-of-poisoned-for-profit-presentations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~NDCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Witten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul She]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Sheppard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poisoned for Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shabecoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Nordbrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Schaefer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed the event in Tucson you are in luck because you can watch a video of the presentations:
  &#8220;Poisoned for Profit&#8221; video (60 minutes)  
Keynote speaker Alice Shabecoff is a New York Times journalist and renowned author who discussed her book &#8220;Poisoned for Profit.&#8221; Her presentation made a strong case about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four cancer high risk spots in Pensacola area</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/12/four-cancer-high-risk-spots-in-pensacola-area/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/12/four-cancer-high-risk-spots-in-pensacola-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pensacola News Journal
A study of air quality in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties calculated elevated cancer risks based on cumulative lifetime exposure to air pollutants in four areas.
Here are the areas of highest risk attributed to nearby industries.
1. Northeastern Santa Rosa County along County Road 191 centered on Florida Gas Transmission Co.’s operation.
Maximum risk: An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy issue can stall cancer-cluster reviews</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/23/privacy-issue-can-stall-cancer-cluster-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/23/privacy-issue-can-stall-cancer-cluster-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 03:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer registries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clyde]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday,  May 23, 2010 2:58 AM
BY SPENCER HUNT
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In researching whether there is a link between cancer cases and C8, an industrial chemical found in Washington County drinking water, Dr. Edward Emmett had no problem getting detailed information from the Ohio Department of Health.
“There is a process,” said Emmett, an environmental-health researcher at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Poisoned for Profit&#8221; book party in Tucson!</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/20/poisoned-for-profit-book-party-in-tucson/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/20/poisoned-for-profit-book-party-in-tucson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDCA Fundraiser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Confronting the Toxics that Cause Childhood Illnesses in Tucson and Nationally
Tucson, Ariz., May 20, 2010.  One out of three American children suffers from a serious chronic illness, harmed by the inescapable toxins in our everyday lives, and the incidence continues to climb.  This extraordinary statistic comes from the just-released book Poisoned for Profit: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents seek answers on Carlsbad cancer cases</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/29/parents-seek-answers-on-carlsbad-cancer-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/29/parents-seek-answers-on-carlsbad-cancer-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlsbad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY BRUCE LIEBERMAN, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 AT 12:04 A.M.
Frustrated parents appealed to public health and environmental officials at a forum Wednesday night to do something about what they perceive to be a cancer cluster in Carlsbad.
The county-sponsored public forum drew strong emotions from people calling for answers.
“We want to know what you’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court Upholds Environmental Justice in Richmond</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/28/appeals-court-upholds-environmental-justice-in-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/28/appeals-court-upholds-environmental-justice-in-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Media Feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Report for refinery expansion ruled inadequate
Richmond, April 26, 2010 — In an unprecedented victory for the community, the California State Court of Appeals has upheld the majority of findings in a lower court decision that the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the expansion of the Chevron Corporation&#8217;s refinery in Richmond California violated state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emissions often underestimated, EPA standards old</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/23/emissions-often-underestimated-epa-standards-old/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/23/emissions-often-underestimated-epa-standards-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Media Feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Subject: Hazardous emissions from refineries are not reported
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI (AP) 4-23-10
HOUSTON — The nation&#8217;s oil and chemical plants are spewing a lot more pollution than they report to the Environmental Protection Agency — and the EPA knows it.
But the federal agency has yet to adopt more accurate, higher-tech measuring methods that have been available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would require NY to map cancer clusters</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/21/828/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/21/828/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Media Feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer registries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mapping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY DOUG SCHNEIDER •DSCHNEID@GANNETT.COM • APRIL 21, 2010, 8:50 PM
New Yorkers in the future will have a new way to help them determine if certain types of cancer are prevalent in areas where they live and work.
RELATED
Read the cancer cluster legislation
State senators Wednesday approved a measure that would require health officials to create maps of [...]]]></description>
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