Where is Erin Brokovich when you need her? Thank goodness the fourth estate still exists and has exposed a government issued report that reveals higher infant mortality and cancer rates in areas located around the Great Lakes.
The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, is reporting that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buried the 400-page report for the last seven months because of its findings, which are eye-opening: More than 9 million people who live near polluted harbors and waterways–so-called “areas of concern”–including residents of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee, may face increased risks to their health from exposure to dioxin, PCBs, pesticides, lead, mercury and other hazardous pollutants. It’s Love Canal all over again and in more places, yikes!
The cover-up has been picked up widely in the media, including the Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Duluth News Tribune, and U.S. News & World Report.
The Center for Public Integrity obtained a copy of “Public Health Implications of Hazardous Substances in the Twenty-Six U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern,” which was researched and written at the request of the International Join Commission. It should have been published last summer.
For more information, visit: http://www.publicintegrity.org/GreatLakes/index.htm
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