Families Against Cancer & Toxics

Index of Updates

March 29, 2011: Video: Senate Environment Committe Hearing on Disease Clusters and Environmental Health March 3, 2011: Federal Jury in Utah Convicts Environmentalist January 26, 2011: Senator Boxer Kicks off 112th Congress by Introducing Bills to Reduce Pollution and Protect Public Health November 7, 2010: Camp Lejeune male breast cancer survivors raise awareness with calendar September 29, 2010: Landmark Legislation to Help Communities Address Disease Clusters and Environmental Hazards July 27, 2010: Benzene no longer a ‘significant’ leukemia risk? July 22, 2010: Momentum Builds in Congress to Overhaul U.S. Chemicals Policy May 7, 2010: American Cancer Society Trivializes Cancer Risks: Blatant Conflicts Of Interest May 6, 2010: Cancers from Environment 'Grossly Underestimated' April 27, 2010: Cancer cluster survivor Jasmin Rodriguez is now minding the hot corner for Buena girls March 25, 2010: Tungsten remains at center of cancer cluster probe March 14, 2010: 'He's finally home, but not the way we wanted him home' March 4, 2010: Death by Study March 3, 2010: Cancer patient had happy times in his last days January 27, 2010: EPA Confronts Chemical Secrecy November 17, 2009: FACT joins Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition November 16, 2009: Yes Men film screening benefits FACT November 14, 2009: Two Sierra Vista Babies with Rare Brain Cancer October 28, 2009: American Cancer Society Focuses on Risks of Pollution October 26, 2009: Astroturf alert: fake chemical safety site seeks to deceive October 23, 2009: EPA to Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics October 12, 2009: Scientists prove cancer can be passed on in the womb October 8, 2009: Thousands of Homeowners Cite Drywall for Ills September 6, 2009: What was in Marines' water? August 4, 2009: Opposing camps agree on rewriting toxin law August 4, 2009: What's Getting Into Our Children? July 17, 2009: Childhood leukemia linked to PCBs in house dust June 27, 2009: Matt Warneke's tribute to Floyd Sands June 5, 2009: Floyd Sands' March Through Georgia June 3, 2009: Fallon cancer cluster investigation advocate dies June 1, 2009: Fallon cancer cluster activist dies of brain cancer April 11, 2009: Chinese drywall imported during housing boom causes corrosion, possible health risk March 4, 2009: Overexposed: Imaging tests boost U.S. radiation dose January 7, 2009: Report Faults U.S. Measure of Cancer Risk December 20, 2008: Faulty gene makes children who live near power lines more likely to develop leukaemia. November 14, 2008: Dr. Weil Addresses Safety of Living in a Cancer Cluster October 13, 2008: Session in Nevada reviews scientific efforts to find cause of leukemia October 11, 2008: CHILD LEUKEMIA DEATH RATES INCREASE NEAR U.S. NUCLEAR PLANTS - RISES GREATEST NEAR OLDEST PLANTS, DECLINES NEAR CLOSED PLANTS August 15, 2008: 'Malignant Maneuvers' August 15, 2008: President Signs Phthalate Ban into Law May 19, 2008: Australia cancer deaths linked to Agent Orange February 16, 2008: We're Losing Another Winnable War: The Fight Against Childhood Cancer December 17, 2007: County to vote on safer gas pumps December 2, 2007: Q&A: Green Seal Inc. December 2, 2007: Law bars Arizona from giving guidance December 2, 2007: Green products: how good? December 2, 2007: Electronic air cleaners create new set of concerns December 2, 2007: Dry cleaning dilemma December 2, 2007: Building a safer home December 2, 2007: Household cleaners are hard call for consumers December 2, 2007: Here are ways to minimize health risks from indoor pollution December 1, 2007: How the U.S. government regulates chemicals December 1, 2007: Answering the tough 'why?' December 1, 2007: Ingredient in plastic prompts fierce debate November 30, 2007: Mold a growing problem November 30, 2007: Asthma-proofing home November 30, 2007: Household dust laden with toxins November 30, 2007: Worst pollution risks increasingly indoors November 28, 2007: County to Hold Meetings on Safer Gas Pumps September 4, 2007: VA withholds data for up to 70,000 veteran cases a year from US cancer registries August 5, 2007: 2 dairies dump milk over possible contamination August 3, 2007: Radioactive isotope found in 25 Fallon wells July 18, 2007: Safeway settles benzene soft drink suit July 16, 2007: OSHA ORDERED TO RELEASE IMPORTANT BERYLLIUM EXPOSURE DATA May 16, 2007: Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we? May 15, 2007: AngryToxicologist blogs about Fallon May 14, 2007: Common Chemicals are Linked to Breast Cancer May 11, 2007: Lupus cluster at oilfield points finger at pollution May 10, 2007: FEMA, environmentalists spar over formaldehyde risk in trailers April 24, 2007: States Unable to Detect or Investigate Chronic Disease Clusters April 7, 2007: Feds to study TCE's effects on residents: Agency to decide exposure, health implications on area of Scottsdale April 7, 2007: Leukemia fears spread March 23, 2007: Cancer cluster answers hinge on investigations' thoroughness March 18, 2007: Fund established to help Durkit family March 13, 2007: Dale Durkit loses leukemia battle March 12, 2007: Susquehanna University Cancer Concerns March 11, 2007: Why is thyroid cancer rate up? March 7, 2007: Leukemia hits Durkit family a third time, father diagnosed March 1, 2007: 12th local child leukemia case confirmed February 15, 2007: Newsweek: A Thousand Threats February 13, 2007: City: Benzene under TCC no threat February 12, 2007: Groundwater tainted with gasoline discovered near Downtown February 9, 2007: AZ Star Op-Ed: Legislators need to OK bill curbing gas-station fumes February 7, 2007: Maine Fire Commission Endorses Ban on Toxic Flame Retardant January 31, 2007: Freeways' tainted air harms children's lungs, experts say January 30, 2007: Neurological disease common, survey finds January 24, 2007: Lily Mae Doyle passed away December 29, 2006: Giant step back for environment December 1, 2006: Interview: Famous Cancer Researcher's Secret Ties to Industry December 1, 2006: CDC scientists remain mystified after three-year Sierra Vista study December 1, 2006: CDC: No known cause for childhood leukemia cluster November 25, 2006: Cancer Researchers Hide Links to Industry November 23, 2006: CDC to reveal SV leukemia study findings next week November 23, 2006: Doomed in the womb - cancer that starts before birth November 7, 2006: Millions of children 'damaged by chemicals' October 31, 2006: Inherited Pollution September 27, 2006: Ark. Jury Rules for Chicken Feed Company in Suit over Leukemia Cause September 20, 2006: City Council wary of incinerator proposal September 19, 2006: Incinerator proposal given chilly reception September 14, 2006: Lifestyles blamed for 17 per cent rise in childhood cancer cases September 13, 2006: CDC again postpones Sierra Vista meeting September 9, 2006: D-M trash plan concerns council August 30, 2006: Arsenic, lead contaminate W. Side site in Tucson August 17, 2006: NY Times: A Debt Unpaid August 12, 2006: AZ & OTHER STATES PETITION EPA TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF SECRET INGREDIENTS IN PESTICIDES August 12, 2006: Judge finally closes unlicensed dump on valley Indian reservation August 7, 2006: OH Health Dept Meets with Families About Possible Cancer Cluster August 4, 2006: Military Waste In Our Drinking Water July 28, 2006: Discussion, planning key to D-M plant idea July 27, 2006: SAFE AND SOUND? July 27, 2006: EVIDENCE GROWING ON HEALTH RISKS FROM TCE July 27, 2006: Call for inquiry into child cancer cases near N-plant July 25, 2006: Our trash might fire up power for D-M July 24, 2006: D-M AFB talking trash; city is listening July 20, 2006: 'Tooth Fairy' Studies Nuclear Effects On Kids July 19, 2006: AZ Boat Builder to Pay $75,000 for Violations in Lake Havasu City July 18, 2006: Tracing Cancer's Cause July 16, 2006: NHL cancer type on a staggering rise July 12, 2006: Tucson airport to build second plant to remove TCE July 11, 2006: Did Sellafield workers seed leukaemia? July 8, 2006: Farm Fresh Pesticides July 6, 2006: 10,000 EPA Scientists Protest Library Closures July 4, 2006: European study supports hair dye-lymphoma link July 2, 2006: Dover, activists await new study on cancer rates June 28, 2006: Another Clyde Family Shares Thoughts on Possible "Cancer Cluster" June 28, 2006: Investigation needed of link between lights, cancer cluster June 28, 2006: Containment policy--For ailing residents of Kelly’s toxic triangle, answers are hard to come by June 26, 2006: EPA knew of hazardous waste dump near U.S./Mexico border June 22, 2006: Correction June 22, 2006: Cadmium linked to breast cancer June 22, 2006: Cancer Study Cites Hazards of Indoor Air for N.Y., L.A. Teens June 22, 2006: Next Door to Poison June 20, 2006: WHO says 25% of all diseases can be prevented through healthy environments June 20, 2006: HBO: The Air We Breathe (sports and coal-fired power plants) June 15, 2006: The Toll of Superfund Neglect June 13, 2006: 'Alarming' cancer rates near N-power station June 5, 2006: Professor takes pollution's measure June 2, 2006: Polluted Children, Toxic Nation May 26, 2006: EPA'S SCIENTISTS CONDEMN EPA May 26, 2006: 71 cancer deaths are ‘tip of the iceberg’ May 18, 2006: For the Kids: Since government agencies often ignore or dismiss disease clusters, parents and scientists are taking matters into their own hands May 17, 2006: Toxic Chemicals and Children's Health in North America May 17, 2006: Cape cancer study finds carcinogens unabated May 15, 2006: HEROES' BREATH TOLL May 13, 2006: Why global warming is to blame for hay fever epidemic May 7, 2006: Electronic smog April 27, 2006: ACTION ALERT - Bill to gut AZ Hazardous Air Pollutant Limits on Governor's Desk April 27, 2006: Mouse study findings key in Fallon cancer cases, scientists say April 27, 2006: What's new, what's next in Fallon cancer cluster research April 20, 2006: In Throats of Émigrés, Doctors Find a Legacy of Chernobyl April 20, 2006: SCIENCE-FOR-HIRE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH April 20, 2006: Judge chides Air Force on release of archival data April 19, 2006: State will draw gases from soil at business site April 19, 2006: IL town fears cancer cluster from nuclear power plant April 17, 2006: Please come to the Precaution Conference! April 16, 2006: ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR DEDICATION April 16, 2006: FACT to EPA: New PM standards will harm rural Arizona April 12, 2006: ACS says Relay not the place for passing out info. on environmental carcinogens April 7, 2006: Fear persists about homes near Brush beryllium factory April 7, 2006: Federal agency plans to offer beryllium tests in Ohio April 6, 2006: Controversy over autism eats at credibility of CDC April 5, 2006: Face it: Cosmetic safety in doubt March 31, 2006: Toxic Tour of Tucson March 30, 2006: Cancer Stalks a 'Toxic Triangle' March 29, 2006: How Environmentalists Lost the Battle Over TCE March 28, 2006: CHILD CANCER NEAR INDIAN POINT PLANT RISES AFTER STRONTIUM-90 EXPOSURE March 27, 2006: Robert Bullard speaks on Environmental Justice March 27, 2006: Dr. Adam Finkel to speak about beryllium exposure risk March 27, 2006: OSHA whistleblower about beryllium to speak in Tucson March 8, 2006: "Yes Men" film benefit for FACT March 5, 2006: North Americans 'contaminated' with cancer-causing poisons March 2, 2006: The Mercury Thing February 21, 2006: BUSH AXING LIBRARIES WHILE PUSHING FOR MORE RESEARCH February 19, 2006: UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells February 17, 2006: 70,000 People Oppose Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Changes February 16, 2006: Why Cancer Strikes Some February 15, 2006: Funding for Wide-Ranging Kids' Health Study Axed February 13, 2006: 79.1 % of Koreans believe that the US should clean up pollution February 11, 2006: Parents prod regulators to probe cancer February 8, 2006: Leukemia tied to benzene exposure February 6, 2006: Grijalva: "Coming Clean and Green" February 2, 2006: Toughen TCE limits, report says January 20, 2006: FirstEnergy to Pay Fines, Admits Cover-Up January 17, 2006: Household insecticides could double child leukemia risk January 11, 2006: Poor air imperils growth in Valley December 29, 2005: Ariz. firms may face pollution crackdown December 23, 2005: WSJ: Study Tied Chromium-6 to Cancer until ChemRisk Consultants Got Involved December 21, 2005: NEW VIEW OF CANCER: December 21, 2005: Clean-up of petroleum soil contamination completed at Arts District December 20, 2005: Public Data Shows Chemicals in Tap Water December 17, 2005: Tucson Weekly invites Brush Ceramics to "Get Out of Town!" December 17, 2005: Cleaner Water And Environmental Justice For Nogales And Santa Cruz River Is One Step Closer December 17, 2005: The Environmental Causes of Cancer December 14, 2005: AP: More blacks live with pollution December 13, 2005: Could cadmium have contaminated food? December 13, 2005: NYT: Environment and Cancer: The Links Are Elusive December 13, 2005: BROWN CLOUD FILLS OUR LUNGS December 12, 2005: Clean-up of petroleum soil contamination completed at Arts District December 11, 2005: Effluent alters sexuality of fish December 8, 2005: From the Toilet to Your Tap December 7, 2005: Scientists union opposes EPA's pesticide-test plan December 1, 2005: Join The Green Life November 29, 2005: Does Stress Cause Cancer? Probably Not, Research Finds November 26, 2005: Balloons, plastic rattles top new list of toys that kill children November 25, 2005: Chinese officials lose credibility with lies on chemical spill November 18, 2005: Study implicates Fallon metal firm in cancer cluster November 17, 2005: Study: Fallon firm is source of metal implicated in cancer cluster November 16, 2005: Scientists present research findings about tungsten in Fallon November 16, 2005: Russian Cancer Study Adds to the Indictment of Low-Dose Radiation November 15, 2005: EPA PROPOSES TO REDUCE TOXIC RELEASE REPORTING November 9, 2005: Doctors plead for stronger chemical regulation to halt rise in cancer October 31, 2005: DECADES OF DUMPING CHEMICAL ARMS LEAVE A RISKY LEGACY October 27, 2005: EPA Can't Protect Us, Says Scholar October 23, 2005: Expert: Dover cancer cases a "bit" higher than expected October 23, 2005: Anatomy of Inaction: EPA Punts on Citizen Pollution Reports October 15, 2005: Kinder-Morgan pipelines cross over fissures October 12, 2005: Cancer Cluster at Pratt & Whitney jet engine factory October 11, 2005: Why Epidemiologists Never Appear on CSI October 4, 2005: Wall Street Journal: Safety Concern in Cosmetics, Toys October 3, 2005: Mill produces cancer rumors September 22, 2005: Report sounds warning over aircraft pollution September 21, 2005: Report Links Environmental and Occupational Exposures to Cancers September 21, 2005: Study Links Freeways to Asthma Risk September 20, 2005: Pollution turns China village into cancer cluster September 20, 2005: Environmental influences in cancer aetiology September 14, 2005: Public Meeting on beryllium releases from Brush Ceramics Products… September 14, 2005: ARIZONA HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT ON BERYLLIUM HAS MAJOR FLAWS September 13, 2005: U.S. Announces Clean Air Agreement with Nation's LargestHazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Operator September 4, 2005: TCE risks require stricter standard, scientists contend September 1, 2005: Back-To-Greener-Schools September 1, 2005: TCE health risks on many minds August 28, 2005: ‘Clean up your mess,’ citizens tell mine August 28, 2005: Prairie Grove's Cancer Question August 28, 2005: Round Valley residents question trash to energy plan August 15, 2005: Parents question 2 boys' cancer August 14, 2005: For the Sake of Our Children August 14, 2005: AZ Hazardous Air Pollutant rule - fighting pollution with two hands tied behind our backs August 11, 2005: Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life August 10, 2005: Pranksters reveal painful truths about chemical industry practises August 8, 2005: Danger beneath our feet August 1, 2005: Nuclear Industry Claims "Laughable" July 28, 2005: Schools moving to quit pesticides July 28, 2005: Action Alert! Health Tracking Legislation Introduced July 27, 2005: ACTION ALERT! Energy bill a disaster July 27, 2005: Babies' teeth radioactive near nuclear power plant July 26, 2005: Wall St. Journal series: "Levels of Risk" July 23, 2005: CDC details U.S. toxic exposures July 14, 2005: Unborn babies carry pollutants, study finds June 28, 2005: VICTORY! June 28, 2005: Air Force study excluded cancer cases June 27, 2005: A quest for answers June 27, 2005: National study looks at leukemia cluster in Nevada June 16, 2005: Poor Communities Suffer Cancer Risk from Air Pollution June 9, 2005: Cancer Registry Data May Be Available Through FOIA June 6, 2005: Text of agreement with Global Energy Resources June 4, 2005: The causes of childhood leukaemia June 2, 2005: The Other Side of Pink June 1, 2005: CDC excludes kids - with response May 22, 2005: Political push seen in health probes May 21, 2005: "Inconclusive by design" in Hanford May 21, 2005: Hanford radiation linked to thyroid cancer May 21, 2005: Huge costs of nuclear power May 17, 2005: Biosampling process nearing its end May 17, 2005: "Radium Girls" play at Tucson High May 13, 2005: CDC reply re: jet fuel exposure testing May 12, 2005: How Do Japanese Dump Trash? May 11, 2005: FACT calls for definitive jet fuel exposure testing May 10, 2005: American Cancer Society Debates Epstein May 10, 2005: Children's health study in need of money May 9, 2005: NYC Curtails use of Pesticides May 9, 2005: EPA policy rewards human testing May 2, 2005: Food packaging linked to prostate cancer April 29, 2005: Oil industry funding study to contradict cancer claims April 26, 2005: Tucson utility's ineptitude best reason to reject bonds April 25, 2005: Vaccine additive linked to autism, says new NIH-published study April 24, 2005: Powerlines cast cancer cloud in New Zealand April 17, 2005: Mass studies city's cancer rates April 16, 2005: Unseen and underfought April 15, 2005: Playing Politics at Kids' Expense April 13, 2005: Candlelight vigil in loving memory of Carl and Patricia Grimmler April 13, 2005: Garbage-to-energy plant a small step closer in Cochise April 10, 2005: Opinion: Pay attention to Colorado River's filth April 9, 2005: EPA cancels plan using kids to test pesticides April 9, 2005: AZ Star opinion: don't sign incinerator agreement April 9, 2005: Electricity from trash possible, problematic April 8, 2005: Nuke dump near river may soon go April 7, 2005: Public Urged to Attend County Meeting on Proposed Incinerator April 5, 2005: Beryllium Effects on OSHA Inspectors Wider Than Feared April 5, 2005: Overlooked in Fallon? April 3, 2005: EPA: Kids more vulnerable to carcinogens April 2, 2005: FACT speaking; Fallon documentary in public health film festival April 2, 2005: Autumn Birth Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer March 26, 2005: Tucson SW Siders exposed to toxic metals March 24, 2005: Vinyl Chloride: A Case Study of Data Suppression and Misrepresentation March 23, 2005: Study says household dust holds dangerous chemicals March 18, 2005: Widows carry on with efforts to study refinery's cancer cases March 18, 2005: What's in you? March 10, 2005: Trust for America's Health profiles FACT March 9, 2005: PG&E Hexavalent Chromium Plume in AZ Water Supply? March 8, 2005: Toxic metal beryllium found in Sunnyside High building March 6, 2005:  'Reckless' Nuclear Plant Dumps Waste on Beaches March 6, 2005: Kinder Morgan pipeline explosion February 28, 2005: Alarming “Back Room” Meeting February 28, 2005: Scientists zero in on tungsten as Fallon cancer cause February 27, 2005: What Lois Said February 23, 2005: Newman questions move on waste-to-energy idea February 23, 2005: Perchlorate found in breast milk across US February 22, 2005: Company touts plasma technology plant February 21, 2005: Cochise County holds closed meeting on incinerator February 19, 2005: Lois Gibbs in Tucson February 18, 2005: Mother's Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Chromosome Damage in Babies February 15, 2005: SMOKESTACKS OF ILL-FATED POWER PLANT TO BE DEMOLISHED February 7, 2005: Drought may be factor in leukemia cluster in Sierra Vista February 1, 2005: Prenatal Butadiene Exposure Implicated in Early Childhood Cancers January 31, 2005: List of Cancer-Causing Agents Grows January 30, 2005: New disease threatens kids January 30, 2005: Cancer, Chemicals and History January 17, 2005: Pollution during pregnancy is linked to childhood cancer January 14, 2005: GE's 24 answers regarding incinerator January 7, 2005: Private group reviews waste proposal January 6, 2005: Alabama chemical weapons incinerator shut down by fire January 5, 2005: Factsheet January 3, 2005: Toxic incinerator fire evacuates 1500 December 28, 2004: Number of children with SV ties diagnosed with leukemia now at 13 December 26, 2004: SV Cluster Update December 22, 2004: Air samples show elevated tungsten, uranium in Fallon December 21, 2004: Another Fallon Child Diagnosed with Leukemia December 20, 2004: Toddler is Fallon’s 17th child with leukemia since ’97 December 19, 2004: Military toxics: an Environmental Health Perspectives overview December 17, 2004: Firm's waste-to-energy proposal gets scrutinized December 14, 2004: Child cancers steadily increasing December 11, 2004: AZ tolerates ongoing rocket fuel dumping in our drinking water December 10, 2004: Nancy Keene's new nonprofit December 8, 2004: FACT's 24 Questions to the Incinerator Proposed Owner December 4, 2004: Low Level benzene exposure more dangerous December 3, 2004: Bhopal, 20 year later December 2, 2004: EPA'S backroom deal with chemical companies triples rat poisoning rate in kids November 24, 2004: Whistleblower fuels neighbors' fears at polluted Nevada mine November 23, 2004: EPA's New Stealth Campaign to Kill Regulation of Harmful Air Pollutants November 19, 2004: FACT's letter to the editor November 18, 2004: Incinerator can't change lead and other elemental toxics November 7, 2004: Families help test sampling process November 4, 2004: Cochise County considering an incinerator to burn countywide garbage October 30, 2004: Power lines double risk of cancer in children October 26, 2004: Chemical Industry Funds Aid EPA Study October 24, 2004: ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS GREATER FOR LATINOS - NATIONAL STUDY POINTS TO LEAD POISONING, POLLUTION IN ARIZONA October 22, 2004: Pollution cleanups pit Pentagon against regulators October 21, 2004: FACT calls for study before doubling D-M overflights October 18, 2004: EPA & ACC to pay parents to expose their children to pesticides October 11, 2004: Health Tracking Legislation introduced; FACT quoted October 11, 2004: Garbage-fuel plant's future looks messy October 7, 2004: CDC team plans October visit to SV for training on leukemia research October 6, 2004: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/PART TWO: TOXIC LEGACY October 5, 2004: Toms River NJ Cluster Update October 3, 2004: IBM Cancer Findings Suppressed October 2, 2004: The Ideal Cancer Registry September 29, 2004: Another Sierra Vista Resident Loses Battle to Leukemia September 27, 2004: Medical privacy law said to be chilling cancer studies September 26, 2004: Toms River Protest September 24, 2004: Dr. Bob Leaving as AZ State Epidemiologist September 24, 2004: CDC now planning October visit to Sierra Vista September 24, 2004: Are environmental exemptions for the U.S. military justified? September 23, 2004: Group keeps us talking September 20, 2004: Cancer group's forum brings concerned residents together September 19, 2004: Cancer cluster communities unite September 19, 2004: Group seeks improved discussion on cancer September 17, 2004: Woman's curiosity sparked research September 17, 2004: Tucson Weekly runs article about FACT's cluster forum September 8, 2004: Childhood Leukaemia Causation Conference in London September 2, 2004: SV girl loses battle with leukemia August 31, 2004:  Herald Runs Story on the Community Forum August 29, 2004: Fundraiser and Bone Marrow Drive for Susan Taylor August 21, 2004: Does Living Near a Gas Station Cause Childhood Leukemia? August 3, 2004: Sierra Vista Leukemia Cluster Community Forum August 1, 2004: The Man Who Knew Too Much June 29, 2004: Tungsten Bullets Questioned June 23, 2004: Toxic chemical found in state's cows' milk June 23, 2004: Toxic pollution rose 5 percent in 2002 June 16, 2004: FACT Mentioned in Editorial May 29, 2004: Hawaiian plasma incinerator fined May 4, 2004: Dr. Witten finished collecting Sierra Vista samples April 21, 2004: FACT calls for definitive JP-8 jet fuel exposure testing April 8, 2004: Green Tea Component Kills Leukemia Cells March 27, 2004: Sierra Vista responds March 9, 2004: SV girl's leukemia returns, puts new hurdles before family; Doctors say teen needs a bone marrow transplant February 28, 2004: Answers give insight into childhood leukemia probe in Sierra Vista February 25, 2004: Locals appreciate meeting with CDC, what was said February 25, 2004: CDC will test SV children during study; Results will provide 'knowledge base' for research on leukemia February 25, 2004: CDC will offer testing February 24, 2004: Supervisor one of several glad to have CDC visiting; Team in SV today to discuss leukemia cases February 24, 2004: Leukemia research continues as the county, congressman seek CDC's help February 24, 2004: FACT meets with CDC, presents concerns and expectations February 23, 2004: CDC begins SV leukemia mission; Meets with UA staff today, February 14, 2004: CDC Coming; Tucson Weekly runs cover story on cluster February 5, 2004: State glad to have CDC's help; Epidemiologist hopes agency can aid in understanding leukemia situation February 3, 2004: CDC coming to SV to study leukemia December 30, 2003: Leukemia research continues as the county, congressman seek CDC's help December 5, 2003: Researcher given grant to look into leukemia causes; Funds will be used to study Sierra Vista area November 4, 2003: Inexplicable tragedies October 26, 2003: FACT Endorses Props. 200, 201 October 25, 2003: "Safe Tucson" Opposes Kinder Morgan May 31, 2003: ENVIRONMENT CHANGE CAN STOP KIDS' ASTHMA March 15, 2003:  “State Wants To Limit Public Information” February 25, 2003: 10th child in Sierra Vista gets leukemia February 2, 2003: Tucson sperm bank sees more military men with war looming December 26, 2002: CDC to help, not run, probe of SV leukemia September 28, 2002: Investigate the cluster September 24, 2002: Kolbe asks for cancer probe September 16, 2002: Possible leukemia-cluster clue January 26, 2002: Jet fuel studied in Sierra Vista leukemia September 2, 2001: Arizona probing children's leukemia August 17, 2001: Davis-Monthan base examines possible toxic dirt in park March 1, 2001: APHA: The Precautionary Principle and Children’s Health February 25, 2001: ARIZONA'S CLIMATE NO CURE FOR ASTHMA HEALTH SEEKERS September 30, 1999: Plasma Converter Failed Chemical Weapson Demonstration February 19, 1999: Discovery of land mines closes Game and Fish shooting range January 21, 1999: Solid Waste Incineration May Exceed Leaded Gasoline As Source Of Lead Air Pollution In Cities March 1, 1998: Sir Richard Doll: A Questionable Pillar of the Cancer Establishment September 1, 1995: Official charged with bribery in waste-to-energy proposal,