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AFTER THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last fall rated a toxic waste dump in Woburn, Mass. the fourth worst such site in the country, everyone knew the problem was bad. But no one knew just how bad until a team of researchers from the School of Public Health last week released the results of a study showing a positive correlation between the chemical contamination and the unusually high rate of childhood leukemia in the town. And that link will likely make all the difference for the town's residents who seek clean-up of the site and reparations...
When concerned residents asked the state to examine the problem in 1981, the only conclusion that both the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control could draw was that there was, indeed, an inordinate number of cases of childhood leukemia and birth defects in Woburn. They could not go so far as to point fingers because this would require further study for which, they said, they had neither the funds nor the manpower...
...citizens have been concerned for over a decade about the possible health hazards posed by the Industriplex dump site in northeastern Woburn, which was rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the fourth worst toxic waste site in the country...
...conclusions the group did draw, however have ended years of uncertainty for Woburn residents, after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and the Center for Disease Control could not determine a correlation of disease to the water supply...
...They identified a cluster of childhood leukemia and renal [kidney] eancer," said the Rev. Bruce Young. "They made a statement: 'Yes, you're right, there's lot of leukemia in Woburn. But that was it. They said they didn't have the money or manpower to help us," added Young, who helped form a group of concerned citizens who sought definitive answers to their questions...