[CPEO-MEF] Cancer near Santa Susana Lab (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cancer in our own backyard
Studies show rates higher for those within 2 miles of Santa Susana lab

By Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
February 3, 2006 

Residents living within two miles of the Santa Susana Field Lab may have
been exposed to toxic chemicals through air, water and soil
contamination - and they have higher cancer rates than people in
communities farther from the lab, researchers revealed Thursday in two
landmark studies. 

People living close to the Simi Hills lab had slightly higher rates of
all cancers, particularly those linked to radiation and chemical
exposure, the studies found. 

Authors of the two reports warned the results do not conclusively show
that contamination from the former nuclear research and rocket engine
testing lab caused cancer and other illnesses in the surrounding
community. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3470569

 
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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