Cancer mortality rates

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

The following letter is from the Tri-City Herald, July 10,2002:

Cancer death rates lower here

	One in eight Americans will develop thyroid cancer.

	The only consistent and overall highest incidence of thyroid cancer

deaths (rated 10 on a scale from one to 10, with 10 being highest) from

1950-1994, per the National Cancer Institute, is concentrated around

Houston, Texas, and, for females only, in one small county each in central

Pennsylvania, north central Ohio and eastern Michigan.

	The overall cancer death rate from 1950-1994 for Benton and Franklin

counties [location of Hanford site] is below the national average. The

1950-1994 highest cancer death rates overall are in King County (Seattle)

and Multnomah County (Portland).

	Several multiyear studies show that low levels of radiation actually

stimulate the immune system.

	I am a consumer advocate for cancer research and related activities,

am associated with the National Cancer Institute, and am Northwest chair of

the National Association of Cancer Patients.

	For more information, see www.cancerpatients.org

<http://www.cancerpatients.org>. 

	Marlene Oliver, West Richland



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer



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