another govt. report kept hidden - concerning health (how's your infant doing?)

[donsu]

http://www.publicintegrity.org/GreatLakes/index.htm


Here’s the report that top officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thought was too hot for the public to handle—and the story behind it.


For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates.

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The Center for Public Integrity has obtained the study, which warns that more than nine million people who live in the more than two dozen “areas of concern”—including such major metropolitan areas as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee—may face elevated health risks from being exposed to dioxin, PCBs, pesticides, lead, mercury, or six other hazardous pollutants.

In many of the geographic areas studied, researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer.

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“This research is quite important to the public health of people who reside in that area,” Johnson said of the study. “It was done with the full knowledge and support of IJC, and many local health departments went through this in various reviews. I don’t understand why this work has not been released; it should be and it must be released. In 37 years of public service, I’ve never run into a situation like this.” (withholding, hiding info)
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[Donnachaidh]

1. Read Devra Davis's Book - The Secret History of the War on Cancer

If you think this report is bad - the book will have your hair standing on end. :wow:

That being said, I'm surprised the above article was not buried as deep as the HUNDREDS of other articles that document the contamination of our countryside - all in the name of PROFIT.

All the more reason why we need UNIVERSAL health CARE. Future generations WILL suffer because of the great god of PROFIT and it's high priests who reside in Business, Washington,and Medicine.

[caseycoon]

2. K&R n/t