[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, HEALTH: "Federal health officials agree radioactive waste in St. Louis area may be linked to cancer"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Federal health officials agree radioactive waste in St. Louis area may be linked to cancer

CBS NEWS 
August 7, 2018


The federal government confirms some people in the St. Louis area may have a higher risk of getting cancer. A recent health report found some residents who grew up in areas contaminated by radioactive waste decades ago may have increased risk for bone and lung cancers, among other types of the disease. The assessment was conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

As CBS News correspondent Anna Werner reports, the situation is not unique to St. Louis because it's connected to America's development of its nuclear weapons program decades ago. Radioactive wastes persist in soils, and many believe that's why they or a loved one developed cancer. Now for the first time, federal health officials agree, on the record, that's a real possibility.

"You'll never forget the moment they tell you, 'We found lesions on your lung and your liver,'" Mary Oscko told CBS News three years ago.


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For the entire story, see
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/radioactive-waste-cancer-federal-health-officials-acknowledge-possible-link/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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