[CPEO-MEF] Cadmium and Kelly Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cadmium/breast cancer study stirs memories of Kelly probe


a column by Roddy Stinson
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
July 9, 2006

On the Sleuthing Trail ...

CASE: "Roddy, the June 21, 2006, issue of the Journal of the National 
Cancer Institute featured a report of a study, 'Cadmium Exposure and 
Breast Cancer Risk.'

"According to a Reuters summary of the report, which I read on a Web 
health site, 'Women with the highest levels of cadmium in their urine 
have more than a two-fold higher risk of breast cancer than women with 
the lowest levels. ... This held true after accounting for established 
risk factors.'

"That news brought back memories of your investigation of Kelly AFB 
contamination several years ago.

"Didn't you write about Kelly workers' exposure to cadmium ... and about 
a high incidence of breast cancer among Kelly workers?

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA070906.03A.rstinson.b8222e.html

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Lenny Siegel
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