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		<title>Those affected by tainted Lejeune water still searching for answers, resolution</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/12/11/those-affected-by-tainted-lejeune-water-still-searching-for-answers-resolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camp Lejeune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[male breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary White The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger Published: Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. LAKELAND, Fla. &#124; They have been called &#8220;Poisoned Patriots,&#8221; and no one is sure exactly how many of them are out there. Their numbers include former Marines, their wives, children and civilian employees at Camp Lejeune, the sprawling United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Death Raises New Concern Over Fort Detrick</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/11/18/cancer-death-raises-new-concern-over-fort-detrick/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/11/18/cancer-death-raises-new-concern-over-fort-detrick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agent orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Detrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renal cell carcinoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Family calls on Congress for help Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 Roby Chavez roby.chavez@foxtv.com By ROBY CHAVEZ/myfoxdc FREDERICK, Md. &#8211; The recent death of another person in the family closely connected to the ongoing cancer cluster investigation near Fort Detrick has turned personal loss into rage. Debra Cross, the ex-wife of local activist Randy White, died [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare cancers group in Frisco neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/11/15/1407/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/11/15/1407/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadmium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desmoplastic small round cell tumor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DSRCT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewing's sarcoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exide Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarcoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilms' tumor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jessica Rush, jrush@acnpapers.com Published: Monday, November 15, 2010 Will Steele, 34, of Frisco was diagnosed in February this year with desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT), an aggressive sarcoma (cancer of the soft tissue and/or bone) so rare that the Texas Cancer Registry only reports between three and eight cases a year statewide. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Yellow Dirt&#8221;: Radioactive reservation</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/09/19/yellow-dirt-radioactive-reservation/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/09/19/yellow-dirt-radioactive-reservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navajo Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Salon Magazine Laura Miller The shocking story of how industry and government poisoned and then abandoned the Navajo Nation In the summer of 1979, an earthen dam over the town of Church Rock, New Mexico, broke, flooding the arroyo below and then the bed of the Rio Puerco (an intermittent stream) on the southern border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State to answer questions about chromium in Garfield</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/19/state-to-answer-questions-about-chromium-in-garfield/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/05/19/state-to-answer-questions-about-chromium-in-garfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hexavalent chromium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 19, 2010 BY ERIN PATRICIA GRIFFITHS COMMUNITY NEWS (GARFIELD EDITION) Garfield, NJ&#8211;The State Department of Health and Senior Services has determined that 16 out of 160 homes tested in Garfield for toxic levels of hexavalent chromium do in fact have contaminated dust in the basements. The department will be holding a special community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bayview Hunters Point Residents Want Better Clean-up</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/01/25/bayview-hunters-point-residents-want-better-clean-up/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/01/25/bayview-hunters-point-residents-want-better-clean-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bayview Hunters Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NDCA representatives visited the Bayview neighborhood in South San Francisco last week, receiving a tour of the area affected by the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard superfund site. The community has several specific requests: 1. The Navy should clean up the remaining contaminated sites, and not just cap them. This is especially important given the risk that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lost Boys of Aamjiwnaang</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2009/11/05/the-lost-boys-of-aamjiwnaang/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2009/11/05/the-lost-boys-of-aamjiwnaang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disease Cluster Community News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex ratio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial Pollution Health Hazards Men&#8217;s Health By: Melody Petersen Photographs by: Christopher LaMarca On an Indian reserve in Canada, girls rule the day-care centers, the playgrounds, the sports teams. The reason: For the past 15 years, fewer and fewer boys are being born. It may be the leading edge of a chemically induced crisis that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates Call for Swift Action in Response to Community</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/11/01/advocates-call-for-swift-action-in-response-to-community/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/11/01/advocates-call-for-swift-action-in-response-to-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clustera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Agency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[~Media Feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~NDCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[~Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a youth advocate for NDCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dee Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease Clusters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director of NDCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Former U.S. Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Wilhelm of the San Diego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national disease clusters alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Disease Clusters Anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President of Qualcomm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Altman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valley Center14 cases of childhood cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Advocates Call for Swift Action in Response to Community Concerns of Disease Clusters          October 30, 2008 &#8211; San Diego, California – Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders joined activists last night in kicking off a campaign geared toward raising awareness and more effective response to disease clusters in the country. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Annual Trevor&#8217;s Trek</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/09/09/2nd-annual-trevors-trek/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/09/09/2nd-annual-trevors-trek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DATE: September 13, 2008 TIME: 11:00 A.M. WHERE: The walk will start at St. Luke’s MSTI, Boise, Idaho. The walk will proceed down Idaho Street to Capitol ending at the steps of Boise City Hall, where a brief ceremony will conclude the walk. Sometimes the greatest distance traveled is accomplished in just a few steps. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/09/01/plans-nixed-for-bp-asphalt-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2008/09/01/plans-nixed-for-bp-asphalt-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[~Impacted Communities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant (http://www.post-trib.com/1129553,asphalt.article) August 27, 2008 By GITTE LAASBY Post-Tribune staff writer HAMMOND — BP Whiting has scrapped its plans for an asphalt plant in Hammond. In a letter to the city of Hammond, the refinery has withdrawn its petition for conditional use and developmental variance for a property at 1304 [...]]]></description>
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