Is there any type of public health study that could determine a possible cause/effect relationship between cancer and the pesticides found along Cypress Creek?
Scientists from both public and private groups have studied the relationship between dieldrin and cancer, and have not been able to draw conclusions as to whether there is a true association between the chemical and cancer. Normally these studies are done in animals or data is derived from acute accidental exposure to the chemicals, such as in an accidental release to workers of a facility. Since the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the National Toxicology Program, understands how this chemical affects the human body, it has been classified as a probable human carcinogen. However there is no data to support the development of cancer in humans with this chemical. A public health consultation, done by the Tennessee Department of Health, Environmental Epidemiology Program, would look at the risk other health effects associated with the levels of pesticides in the soil along Cypress Creek. The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department has requested such a consultation.
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