*P vera Media Articles
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- 2004.06.01 – BONE CANCER CONCERNS TO BE AIRED AT SESSION
- 2004.06.02 – 3 RUSH RESIDENTS NEAR EX-SUPERFUND SITE HAVE RARE DIAGNOSIS
- 2004.06.02 – GROWING CONCERN OVER CANCER CASES IN SCHUYLLKILL COUNTY
- 2004.06.03 – PUBLIC DEMANDS ANSWERS ON HIGH CANCER RATES IN RUSH TWP.
- 2004.06.03 – RARE CANCER WORRIES COMMUNITY
- 2004.06.03 – SUPERFUND NEIGHBORS URGE STUDY
- 2004.06.03 – VAGUE SYMPTOMS SIGN OF SLOW-DEVELOPING DISEASE
- 2004.06.04 – STATE FINDS 4 WELLS FREE OF CONTAMINATION
- 2004.06.04 – STILL CREEK HEALTH STUDY WARRANTED
- 2004.06.05 – RARE ILLNESS SCARES: Superfund site nearby
- 2004.06.09 – RARE CANCERS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION
- 2004.07.12 – PA. DEPT. OF HEALTH AGREES TO RUSH CANCER STUDY
- 2004.07.13 – STATE TO STUDY HEALTH NEAR FORMER SUPERFUND SITE
- 2004.07.22 – EX-SUPERFUND SITE’S NEIGHBORS QUERIED ON CANCER, TOXIC EXPOSURE
- 2004.07.22 – PA. DEPT. OF HEALTH PLANS TO STUDY RARE CANCER CASES IN RUSH
- 2004.07.23 – ‘WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION’
- 2004.07.23 – CANCER PROVOKES RESPONSE
- 2004.07.23 – GREENPEACE TO TEST FOR MERCURY IN TAMAQUA/PV AREA
- 2004.07.23 – HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO STUDY CANCER CASES
- 2004.09.23 – NEW CANCER CASES SPUR UPRISING
- 2004.09.27 – ACTIVISTS REFUTE STATE HEALTH DEPT. STUDY
- 2004.09.27 – NEWS IN BRIEF FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
- 2004.09.27 – STATE RELEASES RUSH HEALTH STUDY
- 2004.09.28 – AREA CANCER RATE ABOVE NORM
- 2004.09.28 – CANCER IN STILL CREEK: EXPERTS DISAGREE WITH DOH STUDY
- 2004.09.28 – STUDY: NO LINK IN RUSH POLLUTION, RARE CANCER
- 2004.09.30 – HAIR SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR STUDY
- 2004.09.30 – MCADOO AREA TREATMENT PLANT DEDICATED
- 2004.09.30 – STUDY OF CANCER DESERVES AIRING
- 2004.09.30 – TAMAQUA WILL TEST FISH IN STILL CREEK RESERVOIR
- 2004.10.01 – PUBLIC WATER CAUSING CANCER?
- 2004.10.02 – MINE TUNNELS IN AREA AMONG RIVER POLLUTERS
- 2004.10.04 – A doctor is criticizing a state health department study
- 2004.10.04 – PHYSICIAN DOUBTS STUDY
- 2004.10.05 – GREENPEACE, ACE CONDUCT TAMAQUA TESTS FOR MERCURY LEVELS
- 2004.10.05 – RESIDENTS SUBMIT TO MERCURY TESTS
- 2004.10.07 – HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASSURES MORE STUDY
- 2004.10.07 – STATE REPORT TAKEN TO TASK; RESIDENTS SEEK ANSWERS
- 2004.10.07-UPDATE ON CANCER FIGURES EXPECTED
- 2005.01.19 – STILL CREEK RESULTS BACK
- 2005.01.25 – WATER TESTS SHOWS NO PROBLEMS WITH STILL CREEK RESERVOIR
- 2005.01.26 – WATER FINDINGS NORMAL
- 2005.07.21 – CANCER CASES SIMILAR
- 2005.08.11 – MEMO RAISES ISSUES (WATER TESTING STILL CREEK)
- 2006.01.10 – CANCER DATA DUE FOR MCADOO SITE
- 2006.01.10 – Why so many cancer cases?
- 2006.01.17 – CANCER STUDY RESULTS DUE TOMORROW
- 2006.01.18 – CANCER STUDY UNVEILED IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
- 2006.01.19 – HEALTH STUDY DRAWS FIRE
- 2006.01.19 – RUSH CANCER ISN’T HIGHER, STUDY FINDS: SKEPTICAL RESIDENTS SAY POLLUTION HIKED CASES OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA.
- 2006.01.19 – TRI-COUNTY CANCER CLUSTERS: OVER 300 PACK HOMETOWN FIRE CO. SEEKING ANSWERS
- 2006.01.24 – MAYOR URGES STUDY
- 2006.01.24 – MORE WATER TESTING SOUGHT
- 2006.01.24 – TAMAQUA AUTHORITY COOL TO FLUFF EFFLUENT
- 2006.01.24 – TAMAQUA MAYOR CALLS FOR EXTENSIVE WATER TESTING
- 2006.01.25 – RESERVOIR MIGHT BE EXAMINED
- 2006.01.27 – WATER TESTING REQUESTED FOR STILL CREEK RESERVOIR
- 2006.01.28 – MIRACLE OF STILL CREEK
- 2006.01.30 – CANCER STUDY PROPOSED
- 2006.02.02 – AUTHORITY PREPARING FOR WATER STUDIES
- 2006.02.04 – SURE, IT’S BEHAVIOR, BUT WHOSE BEHAVIOR?
- 2006.02.05 – WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
- 2006.03.03 – OFFICIALS BACK FOLLOW-UP TEST
- 2006.03.11 – LEAD LEVELS HIGH
- 2006.03.11 – WATER QUALITY CONCERNS: STEPS TAKEN FOR MAJOR TESTING OF STILL CREEK WATERSHED
- 2006.03.18 – LEAD TESTING BEGINS
- 2006.03.21 – ACE asks for federal assessment of Tamaqua area drinking water
- 2006.03.28 – LEAD LEVELS SUBSIDE IN RESERVOIR: TAMAQUA SAMPLE IN 2004 WAS 7 TIMES HIGHER THAN ALLOWED
- 2006.04.06 – MUTATION IN BLOOD STEM CELLS PROVIDES CLUES TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT
- 2006.06.23 – POLYCYTHEMIA VERA UPDATE: FEDERAL AGENCY TO LOOK AT LOCAL CANCER CASES
- 2006.07.04 – FISHING FOR TRUTH ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
- 2006.07.04 – SECTIONS OF RUSH TOWNSHIP TARGETED: HEALTH SURVEY UNDER WAY
- 2006.07.25 – FEDERAL AGENCY STILL WANTS TO LOOK AT RARE CANCERS TAMAQUA WATER: NO MAJOR CONCERNS
- 2006.07.25 – WATER TESTING TO CONTINUE
- 2006.08.22 – COVERT CONSPIRACY COVER-UP: ENVIRONMENTALISTS CRY FOUL OVER DOH-ATSDR COMMENTS
- 2006.08.22 – STILL CREEK ISSUE RAISED
- 2006.08.24 – OWL CREEK WELL TESTING REQUESTED
- 2006.09.06 – UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO RECEIVES $20 MILLION NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GRANT TO RESEARCH BLOOD DISORDERS
- 2006.09.14 – LESS PROPAGANDA AND MORE RESEARCH
- 2006.09.15 – EPA SAYS DRINKING WATER NOT TAINTED SOME TAMAQUA-AREA RESIDENTS STILL SAY WELLS, RESERVOIR ARE TOXIC.
- 2006.09.17 – WATER QUALITY QUESTIONED DESPITE MAILING FROM EPA
- 2006.09.30 – P VERA CASE CLUSTER ACKNOWLEDGED
- 2006.09.30 – RECORDED CASES OF CANCER NEAR SUPERFUND SITE TOO FEW FOR STUDY FEDERAL AGENCY SCIENTISTS SPEAK AT SCHUYLKILL CENTER.
- 2006.10.06 – IS TOXIC DUMP RESPONSIBLE FOR CANCER CASES?
- 2006.10.06 – SPECTER: FED FUNDS COMING FOR MCADOO SUPERFUND SITE STUDY
- 2006.10.07 – ‘DUMPING GROUND’ CONCERNS SPECTER SENATOR AT MCADOO SUPERFUND SITE
- 2006.10.07 – AGENCIES TO STUDY BLOOD DISEASE
- 2006.10.12 – U. TO INVESTIGATE BLOOD DISORDERS
- 2006.11.28 – INTERVIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH POLYCHTHEMIA VERA TO BEGIN AS PART OF TAMAQUA AREA STUDY
- 2006.11.28 – THREE-COUNTY CANCER STUDY INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS TO BEGIN
- 2006.11.29 – OFFICIALS PROBE RARE DISEASE
- 2006.12.16 – INVESTIGATORS SEEKING MORE PUBLIC INPUT ON BLOOD AILMENT
- 2007.01.02 – OFFICIALS SEEK MORE VICTIMS OF RARE DISEASE
- 2007.03.05 – 50 from Schuylkill and Luzerne who have blood illness get DNA test Scientists want a full inquiry into cases
- 2007.03.06 – RARE BLOOD DISEASE STUDY CONTINUES: TIME IS EXTENDED FOR REPORTING CASES OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
- 2007.03.10 – FED AGENCY FOCUSES ON RARE DISEASE
- 2007.06.15 – BLOOD DISEASE DATA DOESN’T INCLUDE POSSIBLE CAUSE
- 2007.06.15 – Blood disease data doesn’t include possible cause
- 2007.06.15 – Poly V findings to be released
- 2007.06.20 – State agencies fail to protect health
- 2007.08.28 – BLOOD DISEASE STUDIED IN 3 COUNTIES
- 2007.08.28 – TOXIC SUBSTANCES AGENCY HOLDS CLOSED MEETING
- 2007.09.26 – RELEASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA FINDINGS ON HOLD
- 2007.09.27 – FEDS DELAY RELEASE OF ILLNESS CLUSTER STUDY RESULTS
- 2007.09.29 – SPECTER ‘PRESSING’ FOR HEALTH STUDY FINDINGS
- 2007.10.13 – County sites included on Superfund tour
- 2007.10.17 – Cancer report ready
- 2007.10.17 – State to release findings of cancer study
- 2007.10.23 – New EPA manager named for McAdoo site
- 2007.10.24 – Polycythemia vera meeting tonight
- 2007.10.25 – Federal report finds no cancer-toxin link, but elevated numbers outrage residents
- 2007.10.26 – Toxin link not ruled out
- 2007.10.29 – Agency must give more information
- 2007.10.30 – Tri-county area has 131 cases of disease
- 2007.11.07 – 131 cases of PV unsubstantiated
- 2007.11.07 – EPA completes annual monitoring at ex-Superfund site
- 2007.11.23 – Experts to discuss blood cancer
- 2007.11.23 – Rare cancer in spotlight
- 2007.12.02 – National health study of children advances
- 2007.12.07 – ‘Significant evidence’ of environment-cancer link
- 2007.12.07 – Data ‘strongly suggests’ rare cancer tied to environment
- 2007.12.07 – Feds hedge on environmental link to Pennsylvania illnesses
- 2007.12.07 – Feds: Data ‘strongly suggests’ rare cancer tied to environment
- 2007.12.07 – Report backs cancer claims
- 2007.12.08 – Cancer conflict
- 2007.12.08 – Feds back off disease report
- 2007.12.08 – Study finding link to rare cancer based on error
- 2007.12.08 – Study ties blood disorder cases to McAdoo site
- 2007.12.10 – Federal Officials Discrediting Cancer Study
- 2007.12.10 – Feds waffle on McAdoo Associates health risk links
- 2007.12.11 – PV report requires further review
- 2007.12.13 – Local oncologist participates in polycythemia vera study
- 2007.12.17 – Feds Backpedal
- 2008.03.12 – Toxin Agency Looks the Other Way
- 2008.05.05 – CDC Ignores Scientific Evidence in Public Health Cases
- 2008.08.06 – Atomic blast trips cancer time bomb
- 2008.08.19 – Public update scheduled by ATSDR on polycythemia vera investigation
- 2008.08.21 – Feds to release findings on cancer cluster
- 2008.08.22 – Study on incidences of rare blood cancer will be presented Monday
- 2008.08.25 – BREAKING NEWS-Registry confirms 33 cases of polycythemia vera in Carbon, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties
- 2008.08.25 – Federal agency confirms presence of rare cancer
- 2008.08.25 – Government confirms elevated cancer level
- 2008.08.25 – PV meeting tonight
- 2008.08.26 – 33 PV cases confirmed
- 2008.08.26 – Cancer Cluster Confirmed Between Hazleton, Tamaqua
- 2008.08.26 – Cancer cluster confirmed in northeast Pennsylvania
- 2008.08.26 – Cancer cluster exists between Tamaqua, McAdoo
- 2008.08.26 – Feds confirm cancer cluster
- 2008.08.26 – POLYCYTHEMIA VERA UPDATE
- 2008.08.26 – Polycythemia vera – how bad is it?
- 2008.08.26 – Polycythemia vera- Where to go from here
- 2008.08.26 – Tri-county area center of rare blood disease
- 2008.08.26 – Why are we getting cancer?
- 2008.08.27 – Doctors- We know there is a problem
- 2008.08.27 – Federal study key in convincing scientists of unusual prevelance of blood cancer cases
- 2008.08.27 – Study of confirmed PV cases
- 2008.08.28 – ATSDR Confirms Cancer Cluster
- 2008.08.30 – More study needed to pinpoint PV cause
- 2008.08.31 – Residents near cancer cluster find validation
- 2008.09.04 – Cancer Cluster – what is the link to residents?
- 2008.10.06 – Sen. Specter vows to aid cancer cluster group
- 2008.10.06 – Specter here today to discuss cancer cluster
- 2008.10.06 – Specter meeting twice
- 2008.10.07 – A battle plan against blood cancer
- 2008.10.07 – Coal region blood-disease cluster ID’d
- 2008.10.07 – Specter seeks PV battle plan
- 2008.10.08 – Government’s best care- Info to fight cancer cluster
- 2008.10.23 – Tamaqua residents take issue with ash
- 2008.11.21 – Area victims of rare cancer can join study
- 2008.11.21 – Cancer patients to participate in research program
- 2009.02.03 – Researcher Identifies Cancer Cluster in Eastern Pennsylvania
- 2009.02.04 – Study finds possible cancer link
- 2009.02.06 – Cancer rates higher in Rush
- 2009.02.06 – Study about high incident of polycythemia vera in NEPA published
- 2009.03.06 – Specter would fund study of cancer cluster
- 2009.03.11 – Officials from the ATSDR “deny, delay, minimize, trivialize or ignore legitimate health concerns”
- 2009.03.11 – Specter Announces $5.5 million to Study Cancer Cluster
- 2009.03.11 – Probe finds health risks missed
- 2009.03.12 – $5M to fund cancer stud
- 2009.03.12 – Cluster researcher to speak before Congress today
- 2009.03.12 – Congress approves funding for study of cancer cluster
- 2009.03.12 – Federal Agency Accused of Ignoring Toxic Threats
- 2009.03.12 – Locals react to $5.5 million funding secured by Specter
- 2009.03.12 – N.Y. researcher to present on study before Congress today
- 2009.03.12 – Rare cancer in northeast Pa. subject of $5.5 million study
- 2009.03.13 – Congress OKs $5 million to study cancer outbreak
- 2009.03.30 – Feds’ attempt to kill polycythemia vera investigation shows need for change
- 2009.04.30 – Senator Specter to provide update on polycythemia vera at PSU Hazleton
- 2009.04.30 – Specter to give Poly V update in Hazleton
- 2009.05.02 – Specter announces approval of $5.5 million
- 2009.05.02 – Specter announces funding to research rare cancer
- 2009.05.02 – Specter brings hope, money to area
- 2009.05.02 – Specter delivers $5.5M for cancer research
- 2009.05.04 – Cancer cluster Sen. Specter leads Hazleton meeting
- 2009.05.07 – More Losers Than Winners From Specter Switch
- 2009.07.01 – Polycythemia Vera meeting in Tamaqua set for next week
- 2009.07.02 – Polycythemia vera public meeting scheduled July 9
- 2009.07.08 – Public health forum in Tamaqua begins Thursday
- 2009.07.09 – Possible Cancer Cluster Investigated
- 2009.07.10 – Officials: Test for genetic marker needed
- 2009.07.10 -Test sites are announced for JAK2 marker
- 2009.07.10 -What is causing sickness?
- 2009.07.11 – Cutting to the chase on cancer cluster
- 2009.07.25 – Agency urges test for rare blood cancer
- 2009.07.25 – Hundreds register for PV blood test
- 2009.07.28 – Tracking a rare cancer
- 2009.07.31 – JAK2 Health screenings filled to capacity
- 2009.08.03 – CANCER CLUSTER TESTING BEGINS
- 2009.08.04 – JAK2 blood testing begins
- 2009.08.07 – Current round of testing booked for rare cancer strain
- 2009.08.11 – Another round of JAK2 testing is scheduled
- 2009.08.12 – Second round of PV testing announced
- 2009.09.26 – 2 new cases of polycythemia vera confirmed
- 2009.09.26 -Blood test results trickle in
- 2009.09.28 – 350 residents receive results of PV testing
- 2009.10.16 – ATSDR slates Oct. 24 public meeting on PV
- 2009.10.17 – Blood cancer experts due at Tamaqua meeting
- 2009.10.18 – Polycythemia Vera CAC workshop meeting
- 2009.10.25 – Residents turn to researchers hoping to find cause of cancer cluster
- 2009.10.26 – Research teams unveiled
- 2009.10.27 – Polycythemia vera CAC team to meet
- 2009.10.29 – 50 attend meeting of P. vera community action group
- 2010.02.18 – NEPA counties among state’s least healthy
- 2010.03.31 – EPA reviewing Superfund site
- 2010.05.06 – $2.5 million cut?
- 2010.05.07 – CANCER CLUSTER MONEY IS SAFE
- 2010.05.08 – Cancer study funded Fed research to resume on rare blood disease
- 2010.05.12 – Fed study finds more with gene mutation
- 2010.07.27 – Arlen Specter recognized by CAC for aid to battle polycythemia vera
- 2010.09.15 – Board provides info on rare blood cancer
- 2010.09.18 – Cancer-cluster research data will be explained Polycythemia vera public meeting set for Tamaqua on Sept. 22
- 2010.09.19 – PV update at meeting slated Wed.