[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, CONTRACTORS: Pratt & Whitney neighbors, Palm Beach County (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Silent killer has residents on edge

By Westside Gazette (FL)
August 12, 2009


During the course of the past few months an unusual number of brain 
tumors and cancers have surfaced among residents living in the 
sprawling, rural community of 55,000 in north-western Palm Beach County 
known as the Acreage; home to many whites, as well as a size-able 
population of African Americans and Islanders including, Jamaicans, 
Trinidadians and Bahamians. Over time, people began to suspect something 
very sinister was at play. However, it was only after a great deal of 
probing that this diverse body of residents, working together, was able 
to connect the dots. What they found quickly became a wake-up call for 
the entire western community of Palm Beach County.

...

Tina Johnson has her own theories, pointing out that Pratt & Whitney, 
the jet engine manufacturing plant located in northwestern Palm Beach 
County, was responsible for chemical contaminants seeping into the soil 
from solid waste cans left on the property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thewestsidegazette.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=98422&sID=4&ItemSource=L

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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>
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