State Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D- 19) made the announcement during a meeting on environmental concerns last week at borough hall. Experts from various state and federal agencies discussed the borough's three Superfund sites and other issues broached since the cancer cluster concerns came to the attention of local officials in May.
Wisniewski said the state Department of Health and Senior Services would increase the amount of data being used to make its conclusion, going back to statistics from 1978 that was not used in their original survey.
An earlier analysis by the state looked at cancer statistics in Sayreville from 1990- 2004, and concluded that there was no evidence of a cancer cluster. The expanded probe comes in response to criticism from residents who said that the report was rushed and did not take enough data into consideration.
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