[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Study: Laurel Bay [SC] cancer cases weren’t because of leaking underground oil tanks"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study: Laurel Bay cancer cases weren’t because of leaking underground oil tanks

BY KASIA KOVACS
Island Packet (SC)
October 3, 20917

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center concluded that environmental contamination in the Laurel Bay housing community for Marine families was an “unlikely” factor in several cases of cancer diagnosed in children who had lived at Laurel Bay, according to a health study released Tuesday evening. 

The study also reported that Laurel Bay was not the site of a pediatric cancer cluster. The health center validated 15 cases of cancer in children who lived near Laurel Bay, the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, and the nearby Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island from 2002 to 2016.

Researchers identified two potential environmental risk factors: ionizing radiation and benzene. However, the report asserted that “it is not likely an individual would be exposed” to excess radiation. It also stated, “there is not a complete exposure pathway of concern for benzene” in the areas of concern.



For the entire article, wee
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article176872521.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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