Delaware Legislators express concern after eight cancer clusters discovered

April 27, 2008 - One cluster zone is centered in the industrial Newport-Marshallton area represented by Gilligan, a Democrat from Sherwood Park.

Though cancer can be caused by multiple factors, such as tobacco, poor nutrition and a sedentary lifestyle -- Gilligan is convinced pollution has played a major role in people contracting cancer at high rates -- in his family and across Delaware.

"The next step we need to take is, first of all, make polluters clean up what needs to be cleaned up," Gilligan said. "God only knows what is buried here. People also have to be alerted about this so they can be tested. In some cases, they may even want to move. You aren't going to raise kids here if you think they're at risk."

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