[CPEO-MEF] Fallon Investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cancer Causes Being Narrowed Down

By Frank X. Mullen Jr.
Reno Gazette-Journal
October 1, 2001


While investigators search for a cause of the Fallon childhood leukemia
cluster, the possibilities range from man-made to environmental. But
experts agree that 14 cases in five years probably isn't a coincidence.

Among the leading suspects: jet fuel spills or jettisons from Fallon
Naval Air Station jets; viruses caused by the movement of large numbers
of people in and out of Fallon; high levels of naturally occurring
arsenic in drinking water; industrial pollution; and pesticides or
fungicides used on farms.

Normally, the rate of acute lymphocytic leukemia, or ALL, cases would be
about three in every 100,000 people. With 14 cases among about 26,000
people living in Churchill County, which encompasses Fallon, the rate in
the area is hundreds of times above normal.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.rgj.com/news2/stories/news/1002006714.php
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View 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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