[CPEO-BIF] "State to stop cancer research at Motorola [Arizona] Superfund Site"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State to stop cancer research at Motorola Superfund Site

By Gabriel Sandler
Arizona Republic
November 10, 2014

State officials will stop studying instances of cancer and birth defects related to the Motorola Superfund site because of limitations on the data they are able to collect.

The decision was supported by community members involved in the cleanup of the site, a large area of contaminated groundwater that stretches from 52nd Street to Seventh Avenue and Palm Lane to Buckeye Road.

The contaminants at the site, leaked originally by a Motorola Inc. factory and other sources, are known to cause cancer. Most prominent among them was trichloroethylene, or TCE, an industrial solvent.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, TCE has been associated with cancer of the kidney, liver, cervix and lymphatic system.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/11/06/state-stop-cancer-research-phoenix-superfund-site/18595081/

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