Another child with ties to Fallon (navy) diagnosed with leukemia

[NVMojo]

Hillary Clinton and other Senators conducted a hearing into this issue just a few years ago ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The toddler of a military family with ties to the Fallon area has been diagnosed with childhood leukemia, officials at Naval Air Station Fallon said Monday.

State health officials could not immediately be reached to comment on whether the case is the latest in a childhood leukemia cluster that has stricken the rural farming community 60 miles east of Reno.

Since 1997, 16 children with ties to Fallon have been diagnosed with leukemia. Three have died. In a town the size of Fallon, with about 8,300 residents, just one case of childhood leukemia would be expected in five years, according to health officials.

The latest case involves a 28-month old boy whose father is a Navy hospital corpsman, base officials said.

more....

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/dec/20/122010213.html

[teryang]

1. What about DU ordnance?

That's what Fallon is for, like Vieques it's an exercise dumping ground for practice target runs. Probably millions of rounds have been fired at Fallon area target ranges.

[KT2000]

2. When the CDC investigates

to find a link between environment and excessive illness and/or death, they have never found such a link. It has always been a mystery to them. I repeat - they have NEVER made a connection or found a cause. They go in to provide cover and that is all.