[CPEO-MEF] School on former Navy disposal site, Norco-Corona, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'What could've caused this?'
Parent suspects cancer caused by toxic school

By Andrea Bennett
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
March 23, 2007

NORCO - Raeleen Whitt assumed she was out of shape when she found 
herself gasping for air after climbing a few stairs at John F. Kennedy 
Middle College High School.

...

In people with ALL, the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells 
that aren't able to fight infection very well, according to the National 
Cancer Institute's Web site. It may result in infection, anemia and easy 
bleeding. The cancer - which can quickly get worse if not treated - can 
also spread to the brain and spinal cord.

...

From 1947 to 1989, an incinerator, landfill and burn pits for the U.S. 
Naval Weapons Center were on the site, according to state Department of 
Toxic Substances Control documents.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5501466

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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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