Monday, January 14, 2008

State officials hunt environmental cause for cancer cluster in Oroville California

January 10, 2008 - The discovery of a cluster of pancreatic-cancer cases in Oroville has state and local health officials hunting for an environmental cause, with initial attention focused on the koppers wood-treatment plant, a former Superfund site that closed in 2001.

An analysis of state cancer data showed found 23 cases of the pancreatic disease in 2004 and ’05, twice the expected number.

Beginning in 1973, officials found significant amounts of carcinogenic pentachlorophenol and other toxic chemicals in residential wells near the Koppers plant.

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Anonymous said...

There are several dumps (landfills) in the Oroville area under investigation. It's very possible that carcinogenic chemicals within these dumps contaminated drinking water and caused the cancers.
Janice R. England
People Investigating Toxic Sites

January 15, 2008 at 1:55 PM

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