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...high school area has not shown readings of benzene, hexane and other air toxic levels that are considered abnormal." A private testing company, hired by the oil company currently operating the wells, reached the same conclusion. And the Brockovich firm has not provided any evidence of a valid epidemiological study - which it does not have the expertise to conduct - to support its charges that rates of cancer and other illnesses are higher among Beverly Hills High school graduates than among other residents of the Los Angeles basin. Epidemiologists say a valid study would identify each graduate's ethnicity, diet, smoking...
...were asked to fill out questionnaires to document their illnesses. Armed with these data, Brockovich charged that emissions of benzene, toluene n-hexane and other substances on the high school campus have caused 300 cases of cancer among those who graduated between 1977 and 1996. Though lacking any valid epidemiological study, she insists that this number represents a highly elevated rate in comparison with expected cancer rates in the general population. "I have 300 cancers staring me in the face and an oil production facility underneath the school," Brockovich told The Economist. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist...
...relevant section of the General Laws of Massachusetts (MGL) states that these forces “shall make, keep and maintain in a daily log...all responses to valid complaints received, crimes reported, the names, addresses of persons arrested and the charges against such persons arrested...
Catalano said that HUPD believes “valid complaints” means “any complaint about criminal activity...
Every morning I run through the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Now, post-Sept. 11, this requires a stop at the guard to show valid ID. Driver’s license stuck back into my sports bra, I take off along the water’s edge...