New York's 'cancer map'
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Do you live next to Hazardous Waste Generators? Brownfield Sites? Chemical Bulk Storage? https://apps.nyhealth.gov/statistics/cancer/environmental_facilities/mapping/map/ "(AP) - New Yorkers now have what health officials say is the first cancer mapping system that drills down to a neighborhood level so they can check out rumors of cancer clusters and see if that big industry down the street is... [more]
Do you live next to Hazardous Waste Generators? Brownfield Sites? Chemical Bulk Storage? https://apps.nyhealth.gov/statistics/cancer/environmental_facilities/mapping/map/ "(AP) - New Yorkers now have what health officials say is the first cancer mapping system that drills down to a neighborhood level so they can check out rumors of cancer clusters and see if that big industry down the street is surrounded by new cancer cases. The map shows every community in the state with cancer cases reported from 2003 to 2007, if they are near a potential environmental factor, such as a factory" http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100510/FREE/100519982 [less]
Wow, LIC is all brownfields.
It's like the graphic version of a limerick.
I like pictures.