Bill Would Require Research into Cancer Clusters in N.Y.
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A measure under review by Gov. Kathy Hochul would direct the state’s Health Department to research potential cancer clusters in cities with over 90,000 people to determine whether certain areas have elevated cancer rates due to factors like pollution. “Anything that increases surveillance of the population in the state of New York is good. They would look at the case numbers and the population, the relative ratio compared to what’s known to the American Cancer Society, then look at causes,” said Dr. Robert Dracker, chairman of the Heart, Lung, and Cancer Committee for the Medical Society of the State of New York.
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