Cancer Epidemiology

Hopkins specialist will investigate Anne Arundel County firefighter cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 20th, 2004

Cancer cases among former Anne Arundel County firefighters will be investigated to see if there is a link to the burning of toxic transformer oil at the county's fire training academy in the 1970s and 1980s.

State and county health officials have contracted with a Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist to investigate the possible link.

The county's health officer asked for help from state officials after examining the cancer cases for 6 months.

"Given the limitations of the resources available to us, we will be unable to reach a satisfactory conclusion to this inquiry," wrote Katherine P. Farrell, the county's acting health...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-07-20)

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