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Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected

Posted By Walter Schneider On February 7, 2009 @ 11:00 am In Community & Industry, Pollution: Health Issues, Emission Incidents & Issues | No Comments

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February 6, 2009

Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected: report

CBC News

The number of cancer cases in Fort Chipewyan is higher than expected, according to a report from Alberta Health Services released Friday.

Fifty-one cancers in 47 people were found in the remote community, 300km north of Fort McMurray, between 1995 and 2006, a dozen more than the 39 cancers that were expected, and the incidences of some cancers warrant more followup, the report said….([1] Full Story)

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