2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 10 Jul 2006 07:41:40 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Cadmium and Kelly Air Force Base
 
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 Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org

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