Cancer incidence in the Love Canal area

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7233229· OSTI ID:5658560

Janerich, D T; Burnett, W S; Feck, G; Hoff, M; Nasca, P; Polednak, A P; Greenwald, P; Vianna, N

Data from the New York Cancer Registry show no evidence for higher cancer rates associated with residence near the Love Canal toxic waste burial site in comparison with the entire state outside of New York City. Rates of liver cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia, which were selected for special attention, were not consistently elevated. Among the other cancers studied, a higher rate was noted only for respiratory cancer, but it was not consistent across age groups and appeared to be related to a high rate for the entire city of Niagara Falls. There was no evidence that the lung cancer rate was associated with the toxic wastes buried at the dump site.

• OSTI ID: 5658560
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 212:4501; ISSN SCIEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550900 -- Pathology
552000* -- Public Health
560306 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987)
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AGE DEPENDENCE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CARCINOGENESIS
CARCINOMAS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GLANDS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEMIC DISEASES
LEUKEMIA
LIVER
LYMPHOMAS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
NEOPLASMS
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
TOXIC MATERIALS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT