[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: PAVE PAWS (MA) cancer study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PAVE PAWS in the clear on cancer link

By K.C. MYERS
Cape Cod Times (MA)
March 28, 2009

BOURNE — The Air Force has published a final report concluding that PAVE 
PAWS has not caused an abnormally high amount of Ewing's sarcoma, a rare 
bone cancer, or other illnesses, among nearby residents.

The Air Force spent $6.5 million on a series of safety studies between 
2001 and 2008, according to a press release from Air Force Space 
Command, which operates the missile detection center.

The studies all ended with the same conclusion reached when the Air 
Force first opened PAVE PAWS and conducted an environmental impact study 
in 1979: The missile scanning facility poses no health risk, said 
Barbara Burnett, community liaison for the 6th Space Warning Squadron.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090328/NEWS/903280324/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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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
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