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_{^{Sacramento Bee}}

_{^{February 23, 2003, Sunday}}

_{^{Surprise find in toxic tests No known contaminants turn up but trees show high tungsten levels in an area hit by cancer fears.}}

_{^{Chris Bowman Bee Staff Writer}}

_{^{Laboratory testing in a south Sacramento County neighborhood haunted by fears of a leukemia cluster found no trace of cancer-causing contaminants in the tap water but did find unexpectedly high levels of tungsten in area trees.}}

_{^{Tungsten, a metal, recently has drawn the attention of federal researchers investigating childhood leukemia in Fallon, Nev., though the element’s link to cancer, if any, is unknown.}}

_{^{The Sacramento Bee commissioned the environmental tests in the Calvine-Florin neighborhood last fall after state health officials declined to investigate on-site.}}

_{^{Growing numbers of residents suspected the area just north of Elk Grove had a leukemia cluster - an unusually high incidence not likely due to chance. Families organized as the Concerned Residents Initiative pressed the state Department of Health Services to find out if something in their water, soil or air was making people sick. Continue Reading »}}