[CPEO-BIF] "Report finds higher liver cancer rates for Wichitans (Kansas] living near site of [Union Pacific] chemical spill"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report finds higher liver cancer rates for Wichitans living near site of chemical spill 

BY MATTHEW KELLY 
Wichita Eagle (KS)
MAY 06, 2023

Wichitans living within the boundaries of the 29th and Grove groundwater contamination site are significantly more likely than other Kansans to have been diagnosed with liver cancer.

The finding came Friday as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the first health study of the affected area since the chemical spill of trichloroethene (TCE) was identified in 1994 and linked to the Union Pacific Railroad rail yard south of K-96 between I-135 and Grove. 

After hosting a forum about the contamination site in 2003, the state did not hold another public meeting about it until November 2022, when community members learned about the presence of TCE for the first time and asked for a health study to be conducted.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article275127071.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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