![]() ![]() A study of ten types of cancer in neighborhoods near the now-closed Rocky Flats Plant by the State of Colorado has, according to a Denver post article, “.uncovered no evidence to conclude that contamination from the plant has caused a cancer epidemic.” “Four cancers-lung, esophagus, colorectal and prostate-were more common in some, but not all neighborhoods near Rocky Flats than in the metro area as a whole.” The first three “.could is explained by higher rates of smoking in those areas.” The elevated prostate numbers in Boulder County were consistent with “.higher-than-average prostate cancer rates in wealthy areas, possibly the result of better disease screening.” The summary is that the study found “.the rate of the 10 types of cancer was statistically indistinguishable from the overall city’s rate.”
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