Monday, January 5, 2009

Cancer Coincidence?

Boston.com has an article published in 2004 on the state's cluster study.
Cancer coincidence? - The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/03/02/cancer_coincidence/

After reading the article, I went to the state's website: http://www.mass.gov/dph/environmental_health

and I could not find Bedford listed in the cancer-cluster study and so I contacted the BEH.

I was informed that the state has a cancer registry set up where you can look at the statistics from 2000-05 at www.mass.gov/dph/mcr. This is good for future cases, but I feel 1960-85 might have appeared prior to these dates.

To recommend Bedford for the cancer-cluster study, call or write the Bureau of Environment at:

Bureau of Environmental Health
250 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

Suzanne K. Condon,
Associate Commissioner
Tel. (617) 624-5757
Fax (617) 624-5777
TTY (617) 624-5286

Or, write a letter expressing your concern to your local Congressman about future public policy:

Congressman John F Tierney
Sixth Congressional District (Bedford)
17 Peabody Square
Peabody, MA 01960

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