[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: Santa Susana Field Laboratory (CA) studies

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group Rejects Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cancer Link

By Matt Thacker
Western San Fernando Valley Post-Periodical
July 11, 2014.


The Santa Susana Field Laboratory Community Advisory Group released a  
28-page document this week rejecting claims that the former rocket  
engine and nuclear testing facility has caused negative health  
effects for workers and nearby residents.

Abraham Weitzberg, a Woodland Hills retired engineer and independent  
consultant, reviewed the summaries and conclusions from 11 cancer  
registry epidemiological studies and two pathway studies.

"The universal outcome of the studies is the inability to establish  
any statistically significant relationship between chemicals and/or  
radionuclides used at SSFL and any adverse health effects on either  
workers or nearby residents," the advisory group concludes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.postperiodical.com/group-rejects-santa-susana-field-lab- 
cancer-link/

See also
http://www.mpacorn.com/news/2014-07-03/Health_%28and%29_Wellness/ 
Boeing_Co_disputes_findings_of_field_lab_contamina.html

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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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