[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH - Corn tortillas or TCE? - Kelly AFB, TX

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Investigation: Could Corn Tortillas Be Causing Cancer?

by Jaie Avila
WOIA Radio News (San Antonio, TX)
February 28, 2008
			
For nearly two years now, the News 4 Trouble Shooters have been 
investigating why people living near the former Kelly Air Force Base are 
dying of liver cancer at a rate twice as high as other parts of Texas. 
Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila tells us why health officials are now 
studying whether a very popular food here in South Texas could be 
responsible.

It's something most of us eat all the time.  Corn tortillas.  Your tax 
dollars are being spent to study whether they are causing cancer on the 
south side of town, even though a known cancer-causing chemical has 
already been found in the groundwater.

The News 4 Trouble Shooters introduced you to Mary Lou Ornelas nearly 
two years ago.  She worked at the former Kelly Air Force Base for about 
20 years, and even lived nearby.  She worked with dangerous chemicals, 
including something called TCE, or Tricloroehtylene, a known 
cancer-causing agent.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=91df6e29-c276-467c-8a03-46c42e222c33

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