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I am inviting all to post their stories here to share what they are experiencing. Please hit the Comment section and feel free to post your story or your concerns, if you like.

In terms of taking action, you can certainly write your congressman or senator expressing your concern about incidences of cancer in Bedford, and/or you may write to the state's Bureau of Environmental Affairs, see the post entitled "Cancer Coincidence?" to request Bedford be added to the cluster study for the years in question.

What I have found to be an important consideration is that Dioxin was found in Bedford well water by chance in 1980, and the EPA determined that Dioxin is a highly aggressive cause of cancer in 1997. --That took 17 years for those results to emerge. In terms of disease, the latency period may be anywhere from 10-30 years, so this discussion is relevant, not from a place of apathy, but from a place of looking at what people are seemingly experiencing and what the facts are.

At a minimum, whatever work is accomplished here will effect the way you and others vote on public policy in the future. So, the primary focus is in sharing information, being helpful and supportive to others, and learning what can be done for public planning.

Your ideas are always welcome here.