Are the groundwater plumes from the base causing the elevated cancer levels on Cape Cod? Is there any evidence linking the elevated Upper Cape cancer rates to the activities associated with the MMR?
Numerous studies have been conducted going back to an initial Boston University Upper Cape Cancer Incidence Study in 1991. All studies have been inconclusive in explaining a direct link to elevated cancer rates and hazardous waste conditions known to exist on or from the MMR. For more information on these studies and other public health information related to MMR, please contact the Environmental Public Health Center at (508) 968-4323, or visit the Massachusetts Department of Public Health or the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry web sites. You also may contact local boards of health. Related link.
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