Activists Release Fallon Cancer Survey Results
Frank X. Mullen Jr.
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
12/30/2002
Health activists released the results of a Fallon cancer survey late
Monday, saying it proves more investigation is needed into whether other
disease spikes exist in addition to the town’s well-documented childhood
leukemia cluster.
The survey of 3,379 Fallon residents, about half the town's population,
has not been analyzed to determine whether the findings show cancer
rates beyond what would be expected.
State health officials have said that aside from the 16 children
diagnosed with leukemia since 1997, Churchill County has no other high
incidences of cancers. While the unofficial survey was under way in
October, state health officials also questioned the reliability of
whatever data would come from the effort because scientific methods
weren’t being followed.
Survey organizers said the preliminary data, while incomplete, still is
alarming.
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