[CPEO-MEF] Fallon, NV Cancer Cluster

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CLUSTER OF CANCER PATIENTS PUZZLES NEVADA TOWN
San Jose Mercury News, February 5, 2001

FALLON, Nev. -- Up on Rattlesnake Hill, the white cross, small and
proud, overlooks this rural farming and military town that boasts of its
simpler way of life. Just off the main road lives 5-year-old Dustin
Gross. He was one of the first.

Now there are 11 -- all young people stricken with leukemia that some
fear might have something to do with living in the self-proclaimed
``Oasis of Nevada.''

...

Some residents blame the jet fuel dumped by military aircraft at the
nearby Fallon Naval Air Station. Or agricultural chemicals. Or something
from industrial plants. Or the water.

...

The Navy says it has no reason to believe the base is doing anything to
lead to the illnesses.

...

for the complete article, see

http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/nation/docs/fallon05.htm

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