July 28, 2009 - Between 2001-2005, 97 cases of the rare blood disease polycythemia vera (PV) were reports to the state cancer registry in Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Carbon counties. The Pennsylvania Department of Health began to look into the high number of PV cases and the close proximity of a Superfund site.
Between 1978 and 1979, McAdoo Associates stored toxic wastes including paint sludge, waste oils, pesticides and other suspected carcinogens. The DEP shut down the facility in 1979 and it was placed on the federal Superfund list. Residents are looking for answers as to whether there is a correlation between the toxic substances and the illnesses, fearing that the chemicals had leached into the water supply.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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