[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "No evidence of cancer clusters at Fort Detrick" (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report finds no evidence of cancer clusters at Fort Detrick


Sherry Greenfield
Gazette.Net (MD)
October 4, 2011

State and county health officials have found no evidence to connect  
contamination from Fort Detrick with incidences of cancer in people  
living within one to two miles from the Army installation.


The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the  
Frederick County Health Department released a summary of its findings  
in a joint press conference Tuesday night, following a yearlong  
investigation into cancer concerns from resident who live near the fort.


The report used data collected from the Maryland Cancer Registry from  
1992-2008. The registry, which is maintained by the Maryland  
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, began collecting incidents  
of all new cancers in the state in 1982, but hospitals and  
laboratories were not required to report new cases until 1991.


"We didn't see any significant spike in cancer clusters," said  
Clifford Mitchell, director for Environmental Health and Food  
Protection at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gazette.net/article/20111004/NEWS/710049986/1016/report- 
finds-no-evidence-of-cancer-clusters-at-fort-detrick&template=gazette

State and county health officials have found no evidence to connect  
contamination from Fort Detrick with incidences of cancer in people  
living within one to two miles from the Army installation.
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the  
Frederick County Health Department released a summary of its findings  
in a joint press conference Tuesday night, following a yearlong  
investigation into cancer concerns from resident who live near the fort.
The report used data collected from the Maryland Cancer Registry from  
1992-2008. The registry, which is maintained by the Maryland  
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, began collecting incidents  
of all new cancers in the state in 1982, but hospitals and  
laboratories were not required to report new cases until 1991.
"We didn't see any significant spike in cancer clusters," said  
Clifford Mitchell, director for Environmental Health and Food  
Protection at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.



...



For the entire article, see

http://www.gazette.net/article/20111004/NEWS/710049986/1016/report- 
finds-no-evidence-of-cancer-clusters-at-fort-detrick&template=gazette


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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