Cancer Risk

Cancer cause still a mystery in Vermont town

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, June 30th, 2004

A citizens' group that formed to investigate an apparent cancer cluster in Clarendon, Vermont, is getting $15,000 from the state to help pay for tests.

The Legislature approved the appropriation this spring for Clarendon FIRST, a group that is focusing on an apparently high incidence of cancer among people living near the town's elementary school.

Three Clarendon children were diagnosed with leukemia in a two-year period. There have also been several cases of another blood-related cancer.

Clarendon FIRST has been working with the state to identify potential sources of cancer-causing environmental contamination including...

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Source: Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly (2004-06-30)

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