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Mass DPH Will Be Conducting Cancer Evaluation of PCB Exposure wupe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wupe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say the capped-off General Electric landfills are not harmful, yet the last public health study that was conducted on them was in the 2000s.
In January, the City Council s Public Health and Safety subcommittee requested that MassDPH provide an updated study on cancer cases in that area.
The subcommittee on Thursday received news on the upcoming cancer evaluation from Julie Cosio, Jessica Burkhamer, and Brenda Netreba from the Bureau of Environmental Health at the Mass DPH.
They are planning on looking at four of the six cancer types evaluated previously in a 2002 report: breast cancer, liver cancer, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Reportedly, epidemiological literature shows some evidence of association of these cancers with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. ....
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say the capped of General Electric landfills are not harmful, yet the last public health study that was conducted in relation to them was in 2008. After receiving a presentation about environmental monitoring activities from the problematic landfills that abut Allendale Elementary School, the City Council s Public Health and Safety subcommittee requested that the state Department of Public Health provide an updated study on cancer cases in that area. The committee was shocked to find out that a study of this nature has not been conducted since 2008, while Hill 78 and Building 71 were capped and have not been in use for over 10 years. Since the GE Housatonic Public Health Assessment was released in 2008, there have no further evaluations of cancer incidents in the Allendale area. ....