Experts share information on cancer cluster in Tamaqua area
http://republicanherald.com/news/experts-share-information-on-cancer-cluster-in-tamaqua-area-1.1162746 By MIA LIGHT (Staff Writermlight@standardspeaker.com) Published: June 16, 2011 TAMAQUA – Research continues into the high incidence of a rare cancer called polycythemia vera in Schuylkill, Carbon and Luzerne counties near Tamaqua and McAdoo. A panel of public health officials met Wednesday at the Tamaqua Community Center to provide a public update on the… Read more
Researchers will discuss polycythemia vera progress
http://standardspeaker.com/news/researchers-will-discuss-polycythemia-vera-progress-1.1161276 Published: June 14, 2011 Researchers on Wednesday will discuss progress on studies begun after they detected a blood-cancer cluster in the region. The meeting at 6 p.m. in the Tamaqua Community Center, 223 Center St., will bring together researchers from two universities, two state agencies and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease… Read more
National cancer prevention study looking for local volunteers
http://citizensvoice.com/news/national-cancer-prevention-study-looking-for-local-volunteers-1.1140396#axzz1LCf5p0Sg By Erin L. Nissley, Staff Writer Published: May 2, 2011 Next month, Northeastern Pennsylvanians will have an opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking national study that will examine how lifestyle, genetics and the environment can cause or prevent cancer. The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 is seeking to enroll up to 500,000 people… Read more
Tamaqua-area cancer cases to be part of Senate hearing on disease clusters
Disease clusters that have sickened a large number of people in the area and other states will be the topic of a Senate hearing today in Washington. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hear testimony on the proposed U.S. Senate Bill 76, the “Disease Cluster Act,” aimed at confirming disease clusters and finding… Read more
Rare blood disorder
http://www.tnonline.com/node/147135 Rare blood disorder Study will look at air and water quality Reported on Friday, October 29, 2010 By DONALD R. SERFASS dserfass@tnonline.com DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Members of the Tri-County Polycythemia Vera Citizens Advistory Committee pose questions late Thursday to experts who will study the local air and water quality. From left: CAC chairman… Read more
Polycythemia vera advisory group announces contaminant study
http://www.tnonline.com/node/145322 Reported on Saturday, October 23, 2010 Polycythemia vera advisory group announces contaminant study Tamaqua Mayor Chris Morrison, Chairman of the Tri-County Polycythemia Community Advisory Committee (CAC), announced Wednesday that Equity Environmental Engineering (EEE) has been chosen by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to… Read more
What is Polcythemia vera?
http://www.tnonline.com/node/136550 What is Polcythemia vera? Reported on Thursday, September 23, 2010 Polycythemia vera (PV) is a blood disease in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells, causing a thickening of the blood. PV usually takes years to develop. Most people are diagnosed with PV later in life, most often around age 60… Read more
2010.09.15 – Board provides info on rare blood cancer
http://standardspeaker.com/news/board-provides-info-on-rare-blood-cancer-1.1012538 Published: September 15, 2010 2010.09.15 – Board provides info on rare blood cancer SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD-SPEAKER Joseph Murphy, an advisor to the Tri-County Polycythemia Vera Community Advisory Committee, talks about a public display board at Tamaqua Borough Hall was developed by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to provide accurate… Read more
CANCER CLUSTER MONEY IS SAFE
http://www.brctv13.com/local_news.shtml CANCER CLUSTER MONEY IS SAFE May 7, 2010 The search for answers in a rare cancer cluster will continue. $2.5 million was earmarked to further study the polycythemia vera cancer cluster in Carbon, Schuylkill, and Luzerne Counties. But, sources at the Centers for Disease Control say the agency was considering reprogramming that funding and… Read more
PA connections of contractor under fire for covering up Lejeune contamination
By Sue Sturgis Hometown Hazards March 10, 2010 My Congressman, Rep. Brad Miller, is the lawmaker who’s been raising hell about shoddy work by ATSDR in general, and particularly about what happened at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, where cancer is widespread among former base residents. Yesterday Miller’s committee requested documents from… Read more
