[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS: "Pease [AFB, NH] widow is 'not convinced' with results of Air Force cancer study results"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pease widow is 'not convinced' with results of Air Force cancer study results

by Jeff McMenemy
Portsmouth Herald (NH)
June 3, 2021


PORTSMOUTH – The Pease Military Cancer Mortality Study concluded “the number of cancer deaths among U.S. Air Force service members who were stationed at Pease Air Force Base/Air National Guard Base over the past 50 years is nearly identical to the number of cancer deaths expected based on demographically matched U.S. population data.”

The study, which was released to the public Thursday, stated “deaths from certain cancers (i.e., lung, prostate and breast) were higher than expected.”

The study was conducted by the Epidemiology Consult Service Division of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) in response to what a group of widows of Air Force and Guardsmen who served at Pease believe is a high level of cancers and cancer deaths at the base.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/06/03/pease-military-cancer-mortality-study-results-pease-air-force-base/7522464002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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