[CPEO-MEF] Kelly Air Force Base (TX) health study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I visited Kelly Air Force Base a couple of years ago, and I understand 
that most of its neighbors don't get their water from the contaminated 
upper aquifer. As far as I know, however, there has been no sampling for 
vapor intrusion - a much more likely pathway from the shallow aquifer 
into the community. The Air Force has looked for, and found, vapor 
intrusion at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, a similar installation to Kelly. 
Why hasn't it sampled the air around Kelly? - LS]



Kelly study points to need for another study


Anton Caputo
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
March 22, 2005

New studies by state health officials show higher-than-expected rates of 
liver cancer and certain birth defects in neighborhoods around the old 
Kelly AFB.

The reports bolster findings in previous federal studies, along with the 
arguments of those who link the health problems to contamination from 
the defunct military base.

But state health experts explicitly said no such link has been found.

"A cancer cluster investigation is just documenting where there is a 
greater-than-expected number of cases," said Brenda Mokry, 
epidemiologist with the Texas Cancer Registry.

"We did find that there is nothing linking these specific cases and 
deaths to any environmental causes. These are two independent events, 
and we have not done the study that we would need to."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA032205.01A.kelly.15fa8d1c5.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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