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- Symptoms of PV: Blood clots, heart attacks, strokesAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- Elevated risk for polycythemia vera (PV) found in areaAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- 131 people in area between 2001 and 2005 reported having or tested positive for PVAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- Most patients with PV have mutation in gene JAK2Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- Half of patients tested had mutation in JAK2Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- Some blame former Superfund site run by McAdoo Associates in Schuylkill County for illnessWNEP-TV (Pennsylvania): Cancer Cluster Confirmed (August 26, 2008)
- Studies suggest PV may be contracted by exposure to chemicalsAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation
- First PV cluster ever discovered by governmentWNEP-TV (Pennsylvania): Cancer Cluster Confirmed (August 26, 2008)
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In 2008, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry announced that residents in a 20-mile stretch of Pennsylvania between the towns of Hazleton and Tamaqua have a higher than normal incidence rate of a rare form of blood cancer called polycythemia vera (PV).FOX News: Government Officials Confirm Cancer Cluster in Pennsylvania (August 26, 2008)
Industrial Cause?
Several of those with PV in the area claim that the McAdoo Associates toxic waste site in Schuylkill County was to blame for their illness.WNEP-TV (Pennsylvania): Cancer Cluster Confirmed (August 26, 2008) Several studies suggest that PV could be caused by exposure to certain chemicals such as benzene.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Polycythemia Vera Investigation-
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