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Missouri: No main cause found for tumors near town
“What we’re really seeing is an increase in brain tumors across the country,” Patrick said. “That’s the problem that needs to be solved.”
Frank Buck, a Cameron resident, asked Patrick if she could say how many of the 70 cases were within Cameron city limits. He said media reports had “put a target on the city of Cameron” and he resented it.
But Patrick said she could not remember the exact number and that confidentiality rules limited what she could say.
However, she said, the investigation showed that Cameron “is not ground zero” for a brain tumor outbreak.
“If I was a resident here, I would be relieved (by the results),” Patrick said.
But Rep. Jim Guest, R-King City, whose district includes Cameron, said many Cameron residents wanted to know what was going on in their town, not in the four-county area.
“They certainly didn’t answer that to the satisfaction of people here,” said Guest.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources said in May that its tests had ruled out the town’s water as a possible cause of the tumors.
In September, a team from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and DNR took samples of tap water from homes in Cameron and the surrounding area.
In August, investigators found high levels of lead and arsenic near a long-closed insulation plant but not enough to threaten health. The business, which is hooked into the city’s water system, turned iron into fiber insulation for buildings and dumped residue from the iron product next to the plant and at a quarry three miles away.
Despite the state’s finding, at least five lawsuits have been filed against the business, Susquehanna Corp. of Delaware, which owned and operated the Rockwool Industries plant three miles west of Cameron. The plant closed more than 20 years ago and the city leased it to a coat hanger manufacturer from 1992 to 2003.
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