From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 3 Nov 2023 02:02:03 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "The Air Force Is Investigating Cases of Rare Pediatric Brain Cancers" at Cannon Air Force Base, NM |
From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> Subject: HEALTH: "The Air Force Is Investigating Cases of Rare Pediatric Brain Cancers" at Cannon Air Force Base, NM Date: November 2, 2023 at 12:44:36 PM PDT To: Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org> The Air Force Is Investigating Cases of Rare Pediatric Brain Cancers. This Isn’t the First Time. By Patricia Kime Military.com November 1, 2023 The Air Force has been investigating cases of rare pediatric brain cancers diagnosed in three military children at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico to determine whether the disease is more widespread in the region than previously reported or is occurring at higher rates than average. Epidemiologists from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine began assessing cases of diffuse midline glioma, or DMG, and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, at Cannon and in the surrounding area in January after concerns arose among families who have lived on the installation, according to a press release last week from the 27th Special Operations Wing. According to wing leaders, the scientists not only will examine the rates of these cancers at Cannon, they also will look at all types of pediatric brain cancer diagnosed among children on the base, in the region and across other Air Force installations, as well as the civilian population. … For the entire article, see https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/11/01/air-force-investigating-cases-of-rare-pediatric-brain-cancers-isnt-first-time.html — 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 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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