Feds: Data ‘strongly suggests’ rare cancer tied to environment
Dee Lewis on Dec 7th 2007
Feds: Data ’strongly suggests’ rare cancer tied to environment
BY KENT JACKSON
AND SHAWN A. HESSINGER
TIMES • SHAMROCK WriterS
kent.jackson@standardspeaker.com
shessinger@republicanherald.com
12/07/2007
In a surprising declaration, the federal government says there is “significant evidence” that people living near the McAdoo Associates Superfund site face an extra risk of developing a rare blood cancer due to environmental factors, according to a document posted on the American Society of Hematology Web site Thursday.The report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for the first time draws a link between the environment and polycythemia vera only six weeks after the same agency claimed no such link could be found. Continue Reading »
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