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    • 2004.06.01 - BONE CANCER CONCERNS TO BE AIRED AT SESSION
    • 2004.06.02 - GROWING CONCERN OVER CANCER CASES IN SCHUYLLKILL COUNTY
    • 2004.06.03 - SUPERFUND NEIGHBORS URGE STUDY
    • 2004.06.03 - VAGUE SYMPTOMS SIGN OF SLOW-DEVELOPING DISEASE
    • 2004.06.03 - RARE CANCER WORRIES COMMUNITY
    • 2004.06.03 - PUBLIC DEMANDS ANSWERS ON HIGH CANCER RATES IN RUSH TWP.
    • 2004.06.02 - 3 RUSH RESIDENTS NEAR EX-SUPERFUND SITE HAVE RARE DIAGNOSIS
    • 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 - CANCER PROVOKES RESPONSE
    • 2004.07.23 - 'WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION'
    • 2004.07.23 - HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO STUDY CANCER CASES
    • 2004.07.23 - GREENPEACE TO TEST FOR MERCURY IN TAMAQUA/PV AREA
    • 2004.09.23 - NEW CANCER CASES SPUR UPRISING
    • 2004.09.27 - NEWS IN BRIEF FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
    • 2004.09.27 - STATE RELEASES RUSH HEALTH STUDY
    • 2004.09.27 - ACTIVISTS REFUTE STATE HEALTH DEPT. STUDY
    • 2004.09.28 - CANCER IN STILL CREEK: EXPERTS DISAGREE WITH DOH STUDY
    • 2004.09.28 - AREA CANCER RATE ABOVE NORM
    • 2004.09.28 - STUDY: NO LINK IN RUSH POLLUTION, RARE CANCER
    • 2004.09.30 - HAIR SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR STUDY
    • 2004.09.30 - STUDY OF CANCER DESERVES AIRING
    • 2004.09.30 - TAMAQUA WILL TEST FISH IN STILL CREEK RESERVOIR
    • 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 - RESIDENTS SUBMIT TO MERCURY TESTS
    • 2004.10.05 - GREENPEACE, ACE CONDUCT TAMAQUA TESTS FOR MERCURY LEVELS
    • 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
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    • 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
    • 2004.09.30 - MCADOO AREA TREATMENT PLANT DEDICATED
    • 2004.10.01 - PUBLIC WATER CAUSING CANCER?
    • 2006.01.19 - RUSH CANCER ISN'T HIGHER, STUDY FINDS: SKEPTICAL RESIDENTS SAY POLLUTION HIKED CASES OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA.
    • 2006.01.19 - HEALTH STUDY DRAWS FIRE
    • 2006.01.19 - TRI-COUNTY CANCER CLUSTERS: OVER 300 PACK HOMETOWN FIRE CO. SEEKING ANSWERS
    • 2006.01.24 - MAYOR URGES STUDY
    • 2006.01.24 - TAMAQUA AUTHORITY COOL TO FLUFF EFFLUENT
    • 2006.01.24 - MORE WATER TESTING SOUGHT
    • 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 - WATER QUALITY CONCERNS: STEPS TAKEN FOR MAJOR TESTING OF STILL CREEK WATERSHED
    • 2006.03.11 - LEAD LEVELS HIGH
    • 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 - SECTIONS OF RUSH TOWNSHIP TARGETED: HEALTH SURVEY UNDER WAY
    • 2006.07.04 - FISHING FOR TRUTH ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
    • 2006.07.25 - WATER TESTING TO CONTINUE
    • 2006.07.25 - FEDERAL AGENCY STILL WANTS TO LOOK AT RARE CANCERS TAMAQUA WATER: NO MAJOR CONCERNS
    • 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 - RECORDED CASES OF CANCER NEAR SUPERFUND SITE TOO FEW FOR STUDY FEDERAL AGENCY SCIENTISTS SPEAK AT SCHUYLKILL CENTER.
    • 2006.09.30 - P VERA CASE CLUSTER ACKNOWLEDGED
    • 2006.10.06 - SPECTER: FED FUNDS COMING FOR MCADOO SUPERFUND SITE STUDY
    • 2006.10.06 - IS TOXIC DUMP RESPONSIBLE FOR CANCER CASES?
    • 2006.10.07 - AGENCIES TO STUDY BLOOD DISEASE
    • 2006.10.07 - 'DUMPING GROUND' CONCERNS SPECTER SENATOR AT MCADOO SUPERFUND SITE
    • 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
    • 2007.08.28 - BLOOD DISEASE STUDIED IN 3 COUNTIES
    • 2007.09.26 - RELEASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA FINDINGS ON HOLD
    • 2007.08.28 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES AGENCY HOLDS CLOSED MEETING
    • 2007.09.27 - FEDS DELAY RELEASE OF ILLNESS CLUSTER STUDY RESULTS
    • 2007.09.29 - SPECTER 'PRESSING' FOR HEALTH STUDY FINDINGS
    • 2007.06.15 - Poly V findings to be released
    • 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
    • 2007.06.15 - Blood disease data doesn’t include possible cause
    • 2007.06.20 - State agencies fail to protect health
    • 2007.10.30 - Tri-county area has 131 cases of disease
    • 2007.11.07 - EPA completes annual monitoring at ex-Superfund site
    • 2007.11.07 - 131 cases of PV unsubstantiated
    • 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 - Data ‘strongly suggests’ rare cancer tied to environment
    • 2007.12.07 - Feds hedge on environmental link to Pennsylvania illnesses
    • 2007.12.07 - 'Significant evidence' of environment-cancer link
    • 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 – 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
    • 2009.03.12 - $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
    • 2008.08.26 - POLYCYTHEMIA VERA UPDATE
    • 2009.07.02 - Polycythemia vera public meeting scheduled July 9
    • 2009.07.08 - Public health forum in Tamaqua begins Thursday
    • 2009.07.10 - Officials: Test for genetic marker needed
    • 2009.07.09 - Possible Cancer Cluster Investigated
    • 2009.07.10 -What is causing sickness?
    • 2009.07.10 -Test sites are announced for JAK2 marker
    • 2009.07.11 - Cutting to the chase on cancer cluster
    • 2009.07.01 - Polycythemia Vera meeting in Tamaqua set for next week
    • 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
    • 2009.10.25 - Residents turn to researchers hoping to find cause of cancer cluster
    • 2009.10.26 - Research teams unveiled
    • 2009.10.29 - 50 attend meeting of P. vera community action group
    • 2009.03.11 – Probe finds health risks missed
    • 2010.02.18 - NEPA counties among state's least healthy
    • 2010.03.31 - EPA reviewing Superfund site
    • 2010.05.06 - $2.5 million cut?
    • 2009.10.18 - Polycythemia Vera CAC workshop meeting
    • 2009.10.27 - Polycythemia vera CAC team to meet
    • 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
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