[CPEO-MEF] Sandwich (MA) cancer study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sandwich awaits results of child cancer study

By ROBIN LORD
Cape Cod Times (MA)
January 23, 2006

SANDWICH - Results of a Massachusetts Department of Public Health 
investigation into whether there are elevated cancer rates among 
children in Sandwich are expected to be released by the end of the 
month, according to a department spokeswoman.

...

The 22,000-acre Massachusetts Military Reservation, part of which 
stretches into Sandwich, is a federal Superfund site because of 
groundwater contamination including solvents, fuel and chemicals found 
in munitions emanating from the military base. The groundwater flowing 
through the Cape's sole-source aquifer is the principal source of 
drinking water for the area.

Upper Cape residents have also been concerned about emissions from the 
Mirant Canal Generating Plant in Sandwich and the Air Force PAVE PAWS 
radar station in Sagamore.

...

For the entire article, ss
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/sandwichawaits23.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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