Another Toxic Mess ; Cancer Study Demands Federal Action

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POISONS LURK beneath the soil in Pompton Lakes.

After decades of worries and complaints, the state has declared that rates of kidney cancer in women and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in men are significantly elevated in a neighborhood that sits above contaminated groundwater and is home to about 450 people. The declaration came after the state Department of Health and Senior Services studied nearly four decades of cancer registry data at the mayor's request. Kidney cancer rates in women have been high for 30 years; rates of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in men, 13 years.

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Another Toxic Mess ; Cancer Study Demands Federal Action

The state cannot conclusively say the cancers were caused by chlorinated solvents found in the groundwater, because t...

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