[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, HOUSING: "Concerns about possible contamination at Laurel Bay [SC] housing spread to include adult cancers"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concerns about possible contamination at Laurel Bay housing spread to include adult cancers

By: Karen Jowers
Military Times
February 2, 2017 

New Navy guidance to medical providers treating those who've lived in the Laurel Bay housing area in South Carolina expands the concern over potential exposure to cancer-causing agents, now addressing adult cancer risks as well as pediatric ones. 

And Melany Stawnyczyj, a Marine wife who once lived in the area near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and whose child has undergone cancer treatments, said the guidance doesn't go far enough to allay families' concerns. 

She strongly disagreed with a portion of the guidance that discourages testing solely to allay patient (or parent) concerns, calling such a recommendation "unethical and wrong."   

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For the entire article, see
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/concerns-about-possible-contamination-at-laurel-bay-housing-spread-to-include-adult-cancers

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Lenny Siegel
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