2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:49:00 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PAVE PAWS, Massachusetts Military Reservation
 
State doubts radar linked to cancer

By Stephanie Vosk
Cape Cod Times (MA)
December 15, 2007

It is unlikely that radar from PAVE PAWS is the primary cause of 14 
local cases of Ewing's sarcoma diagnosed since 1982, according to a 
study released yesterday by the state Department of Public Health.

The study was conducted in response to concerns from Cape residents that 
the phased array radar from the PAVE PAWS early warning system on the 
Massachusetts Military Reservation caused the rare bone cancer that 
usually hits children.

The study primarily focused on eight individuals - seven children and 
one adult - diagnosed between 1995 and 2004. The expected number of 
cases on Cape Cod during that period would have been two.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071215/NEWS/712150308/-1/NEWSLETTER100%22

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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