[CPEO-BIF] Mountain View, California cancer survey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cancer spike found near Superfund site

Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
October 11, 2012

A study released Monday finds a historical increase in cancer among  
residents of northeastern Mountain View, where a large plume of TCE  
has contaminated the soil and groundwater for decades.

Between 1996 and 2005 the report finds nearly twice the normal rate  
of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer that starts in the body's  
lymphatic system and quickly spreads. The Greater Bay Area Cancer  
Registry studied an area east of Shoreline Boulevard and mostly north  
of Central Expressway, comparing rates of TCE-related cancers to that  
of average rates in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey  
counties. The registry found 31 cases of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, but  
expected only 17.

...

"It's important for people not to panic and conclude from this study  
that the TCE was responsible for the increase in counted cancers,"  
said Lenny Siegel, director of the Mountain View-based Center for  
Public Environmental Oversight.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=6180

Also, Channel 4 did a story but selected out my cautionary  
statements. See
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Registry-Finds-High-Cancer- 
Numbers-Around-Superfund-Site-172914691.html



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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