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Holiday In Wales State officials are cautiously optimistic about the latest cancer rates released for Dover Township, which show no new cases in children under the age of 5 in the Toms River section between 1996 and 2000, although there is a spike in cases for older children townshipwide.

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Holiday Wales The new figures were released last night along with the final version of a landmark study in the Ocean County community that established the most definitive link ever between a cancer cluster and environmental contaminants.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales The results, first released in a draft study last year, are considered a milestone in the struggle for hundreds of residents who fear industrial pollutants in the public water jeopardized the health of their families.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales The final version of the study makes no major changes in its conclusions, but includes the latest cancer rates. They show there were 25 new cases of childhood cancer in the township from 1996 to 2000 -- four more than expected.

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Camping Holiday Wales Brain and central nervous system cancers and leukemia in females remained higher than expected in the township, and leukemia was elevated in the Toms River section.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales "We had hoped to be seeing a decrease in childhood cancer extending into the later 1990s," said Jerald Fagliano, principal investigator on the epidemiological study. "The data are bouncing around and are not coming down in a way that we would have hoped."

Holiday Last Minute Wales But Fagliano and other officials said there were some encouraging numbers that emerged as well.

Catering Holiday Self Wales No new cancer cases in children under age 5 were diagnosed in the Toms River section of Dover Township in the most-recent five years, a hopeful sign that may suggest a decline in cancer rates, officials said.

Holiday Wales Walking The new figures were released at a regular meeting of the Citizens' Action Committee on Childhood Cancer Cluster, a citizens group charged with overseeing the investigation.

Family Holiday Wales "I think some of the numbers are encouraging," said Linda Gillick, who founded the committee and whose son, Michael, was diagnosed with cancer in 1979. "But that doesn't mean we won't see more cases in the future and we have to keep watching."

Holiday Riding Wales When the draft of the six-year, $10 million health study was released in December, it was hailed as a breakthrough in science.

Adventure Holiday Wales Investigators concluded that there is a statistically significant association between pregnant women who drank tap water piped from specific wells and the fact that their female offspring later developed leukemia. A significant number of the mothers, the study found, also were repeatedly exposed to air pollutants from a nearby Ciba-Geigy chemical factory.

Holiday Park South Wales But investigators stopped short of naming the chemicals as causing the illnesses or pointing the finger at specific industrial polluters. The study also did not make a statistically significant link between contamination and nervous systems cancer.

Cottage Holiday Wales "While the state had a challenging long-term project, the limitations were significant," said M. Jane Teta, a consultant for Union Carbide, one of the companies accused of polluting the public water supply. "It still is inconclusive in drawing a cause and effect relationship."

Holiday In Wales Since 1979, 87 cases of childhood cancer in Dover Township have been diagnosed and documented -- the statistical norm should be 67. Toxic chemicals, including solvents and byproducts of acrylonitrile, were found in the water beneath two Superfund sites and a municipal landfill, all in the township. Pumping systems were later put online to clean the water.

Holiday Wales In the study, computer models of the township's water system and of airflow patterns were developed by two laboratories, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Cottage Holiday In Wales The report recommends the department continue its surveillance of childhood cancer in the township and update the analysis when another five years of data are available from the State Cancer Registry.

Caravan Holiday In Wales Joe Kotran, a Toms River resident whose daughter was diagnosed with leukemia, expressed frustration that the study would have little impact in the town.

Camping Holiday Wales "It's hard enough to convince people there are environmental links to cancer," Kotran said. "Now that you found them, you're throwing it up and hoping someone comes up and shows how there is a link?"

Accommodation Holiday Wales But officials said the study could pave the way for other groundbreaking investigations into cancer clusters. Juan Reyes, director for local and regional operations for the ATSDR, said the study launched a national investigation into brain cancer clusters in four states.

Holiday Last Minute Wales "Is this study significant? Yes, you bet," Reyes said. "It gives us further clues as to what could be the link between childhood cancers and contamination."

Catering Holiday Self Wales Last December, 69 families, including the Kotrans and Gillicks, settled with Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Union Carbide and United Water-Toms River. The companies admitted no responsibility for health problems.

Holiday Wales Walking In August, four lawyers representing more than 600 clients settled with United Water and Ciba for awards to cancer patients and free long-term medical monitoring for some residents.

Family Holiday Wales By Ana M. Alaya
Star-Ledger - 1/14/2003

Topic: Toxics

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