Re: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

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also when I worked at Stanford the Mexican farm workers used to come down

with leukemia all the time, they were all from ville where the grow

the strawberries, pesticides it was sad, they also used to come down with

rare forms of respiratory diseases that I cannot remember the names of now.

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From: " Patty " <fdp@...>

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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:28 PM

Subject: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~

20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

> Gee, and I wonder why a ton of kids in Fallon, NV have come down with

> Leukemia? And the many afflicted with Lupus in Nogales, AZ? Can't anyone

> figure the environmental factors in here without being so evasive and

scared

> of the truth?

> Patty

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> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:52 PM

> Subject: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases

in

> one year a mystery

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> Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S.

> 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

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> Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Ý Thursday, January 17, 2002

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> The number of women found to have breast cancer in Marin County leaped a

> stunning 20 percent in one year, solidifying the region's status as the

> breast cancer capital of the country, health officials said yesterday.

>

> The numbers, compiled from 1999 data, represent the largest recorded

> annual jump in the breast cancer rate ever in Marin, which already had the

> highest rate of any county in California.

>

> The Bay Area as a whole has the highest rate in the world, according to

> the Northern California Cancer Center, which conducted the study.

>

> " In the year 2002, every week, six women will be diagnosed with breast

> cancer and at least one woman will die due to breast cancer " in Marin,

> said Larry Meredith, the interim director of the Marin County Department

> of Health and Human Services. " These are truly grim statistics. "

>

> The numbers are all the more disturbing because nobody seems to know what

> is causing the problem. Most experts believe it is because compared with

> other areas, Marin has a higher percentage of older women who either

> didn't have children or gave birth at a later age.

>

> Breast cancer is known to be more prevalent in older, wealthier white

> women who have babies in their 30s and 40s -- all general characteristics

> of Marin's female population as of the 1990 census.

>

> But why, many experts ask, would Marin be any different from other wealthy

> suburbs around the country? The latest study cites evidence of a unique

> migration pattern in Marin County in which younger women with children are

> moving out while older women who fit the higher risk profile are moving

> in.

>

> Dr. Tina e, an epidemiologist with the cancer center, said those

> factors cannot be determined definitively until the 2000 census figures

> are thoroughly studied.

>

> Whatever factors might play into the trend, e and the other

> specialists in attendance yesterday could not explain an increase as large

> as the one in 1999, the most recent year the data was available. And

> health care officials say there is no reason to believe the trend won't

> continue.

>

> Since 1991, the breast cancer rate in white women living in Marin has

> increased 60 percent compared with increases of less than 5 percent in

> other urban parts of the state, according to the study.

>

> e said the most recent increases were mostly confined to women

> between the ages of 45 and 64. The rate of breast cancer in Marin women

> within that age group is 58 percent higher than the rest of the Bay Area

> and 72 percent higher than the rest of California, she said.

>

> The death rate for white women in Marin is also 25 percent higher than the

> rest of the Bay Area and California, according to the study.

>

> " It is completely frightening to me as a woman who is in the age group

> that is most affected, " said Marin Supervisor Murray, who with

> other supervisors and Assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San , plan to lead a

> communitywide effort to raise money, educate the community and figure out

> the cause of the problem.

>

> " We have done a great deal to address this, " she said, " but we must do

more.

> "

>

> E-mail Fimrite at pfimrite@....

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I grew up in the SF bay area, but I can tell you that the farm areas of California are also areas of high cancers and other diseases such as autoimmune diseases . It is really from pesticides and chemicals in the water. At least in my opinion.

I found out while we were driving to Boise the other day that there is a nice big nuclear dumping site out there in the Idaho desert, so you can't get away from this crap no matter where you go.

Sad isn't it.

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From: DanzButterflies@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:02 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Wow - that article is interesting to me considering I just moved out of there 2 and half years ago when I was 3 months pregnant. I was literally nauseated from the aroma in the air. I only lived in that region for 8 months. Having moved there from previously living in Sacramento 2 hours away where we ended up after we first arrived to California and was unable to work something out to live in the North of the Bay area. Although I'm not wealthy, I'm in my 30's - closer to 40, having had my mom die from breast cancer and a sister who has had it twice. Good thing we left and weren't there long.

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From: Patty

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:28 AM

Subject: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Gee, and I wonder why a ton of kids in Fallon, NV have come down withLeukemia? And the many afflicted with Lupus in Nogales, AZ? Can't anyonefigure the environmental factors in here without being so evasive and scaredof the truth?Patty----- Original Message -----From: <ilena@...>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:52 PMSubject: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases inone year a mysteryhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/17/MN186578.DTL------------------------------------------------------------------------Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S.20% rise in cases in one year a mystery Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Ý Thursday, January 17, 2002------------------------------------------------------------------------The number of women found to have breast cancer in Marin County leaped astunning 20 percent in one year, solidifying the region's status as thebreast cancer capital of the country, health officials said yesterday.The numbers, compiled from 1999 data, represent the largest recordedannual jump in the breast cancer rate ever in Marin, which already had thehighest rate of any county in California.The Bay Area as a whole has the highest rate in the world, according tothe Northern California Cancer Center, which conducted the study."In the year 2002, every week, six women will be diagnosed with breastcancer and at least one woman will die due to breast cancer" in Marin,said Larry Meredith, the interim director of the Marin County Departmentof Health and Human Services. "These are truly grim statistics."The numbers are all the more disturbing because nobody seems to know whatis causing the problem. Most experts believe it is because compared withother areas, Marin has a higher percentage of older women who eitherdidn't have children or gave birth at a later age.Breast cancer is known to be more prevalent in older, wealthier whitewomen who have babies in their 30s and 40s -- all general characteristicsof Marin's female population as of the 1990 census.But why, many experts ask, would Marin be any different from other wealthysuburbs around the country? The latest study cites evidence of a uniquemigration pattern in Marin County in which younger women with children aremoving out while older women who fit the higher risk profile are movingin.Dr. Tina e, an epidemiologist with the cancer center, said thosefactors cannot be determined definitively until the 2000 census figuresare thoroughly studied.Whatever factors might play into the trend, e and the otherspecialists in attendance yesterday could not explain an increase as largeas the one in 1999, the most recent year the data was available. Andhealth care officials say there is no reason to believe the trend won'tcontinue.Since 1991, the breast cancer rate in white women living in Marin hasincreased 60 percent compared with increases of less than 5 percent inother urban parts of the state, according to the study.e said the most recent increases were mostly confined to womenbetween the ages of 45 and 64. The rate of breast cancer in Marin womenwithin that age group is 58 percent higher than the rest of the Bay Areaand 72 percent higher than the rest of California, she said.The death rate for white women in Marin is also 25 percent higher than therest of the Bay Area and California, according to the study."It is completely frightening to me as a woman who is in the age groupthat is most affected," said Marin Supervisor Murray, who withother supervisors and Assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San , plan to lead acommunitywide effort to raise money, educate the community and figure outthe cause of the problem."We have done a great deal to address this," she said, "but we must do more."E-mail Fimrite at pfimrite@....

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Thanks, , gee, maybe my husband and I should think of retiring in Australia!

Patty

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From: DanzButterflies@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:00 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Speaking of nuclear dumping sites...here's an overview map of the nuclear power plants in the world http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/world_map.html

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Wow - that article is interesting to me considering I just moved out of there 2 and half years ago when I was 3 months pregnant. I was literally nauseated from the aroma in the air. I only lived in that region for 8 months. Having moved there from previously living in Sacramento 2 hours away where we ended up after we first arrived to California and was unable to work something out to live in the North of the Bay area. Although I'm not wealthy, I'm in my 30's - closer to 40, having had my mom die from breast cancer and a sister who has had it twice. Good thing we left and weren't there long.

----- Original Message -----

From: Patty

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:28 AM

Subject: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Gee, and I wonder why a ton of kids in Fallon, NV have come down withLeukemia? And the many afflicted with Lupus in Nogales, AZ? Can't anyonefigure the environmental factors in here without being so evasive and scaredof the truth?Patty----- Original Message -----From: <ilena@...>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:52 PMSubject: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases inone year a mysteryhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/17/MN186578.DTL------------------------------------------------------------------------Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S.20% rise in cases in one year a mystery Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Ý Thursday, January 17, 2002------------------------------------------------------------------------The number of women found to have breast cancer in Marin County leaped astunning 20 percent in one year, solidifying the region's status as thebreast cancer capital of the country, health officials said yesterday.The numbers, compiled from 1999 data, represent the largest recordedannual jump in the breast cancer rate ever in Marin, which already had thehighest rate of any county in California.The Bay Area as a whole has the highest rate in the world, according tothe Northern California Cancer Center, which conducted the study."In the year 2002, every week, six women will be diagnosed with breastcancer and at least one woman will die due to breast cancer" in Marin,said Larry Meredith, the interim director of the Marin County Departmentof Health and Human Services. "These are truly grim statistics."The numbers are all the more disturbing because nobody seems to know whatis causing the problem. Most experts believe it is because compared withother areas, Marin has a higher percentage of older women who eitherdidn't have children or gave birth at a later age.Breast cancer is known to be more prevalent in older, wealthier whitewomen who have babies in their 30s and 40s -- all general characteristicsof Marin's female population as of the 1990 census.But why, many experts ask, would Marin be any different from other wealthysuburbs around the country? The latest study cites evidence of a uniquemigration pattern in Marin County in which younger women with children aremoving out while older women who fit the higher risk profile are movingin.Dr. Tina e, an epidemiologist with the cancer center, said thosefactors cannot be determined definitively until the 2000 census figuresare thoroughly studied.Whatever factors might play into the trend, e and the otherspecialists in attendance yesterday could not explain an increase as largeas the one in 1999, the most recent year the data was available. Andhealth care officials say there is no reason to believe the trend won'tcontinue.Since 1991, the breast cancer rate in white women living in Marin hasincreased 60 percent compared with increases of less than 5 percent inother urban parts of the state, according to the study.e said the most recent increases were mostly confined to womenbetween the ages of 45 and 64. The rate of breast cancer in Marin womenwithin that age group is 58 percent higher than the rest of the Bay Areaand 72 percent higher than the rest of California, she said.The death rate for white women in Marin is also 25 percent higher than therest of the Bay Area and California, according to the study."It is completely frightening to me as a woman who is in the age groupthat is most affected," said Marin Supervisor Murray, who withother supervisors and Assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San , plan to lead acommunitywide effort to raise money, educate the community and figure outthe cause of the problem."We have done a great deal to address this," she said, "but we must do more."E-mail Fimrite at pfimrite@....

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Speaking of nuclear dumping sites...here's an overview map of the nuclear power plants in the world http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/world_map.html

Ok so maybe I exaggerated when it comes to the entire world concerning nuclear power plants in one of my previous posts..but take a look at North America, Europe and East Asia.

Another more detailed U.S. map of Nuclear Power Plants:

http://www.ne.doe.gov/admin/stratplan-2000-benefits.html

Here's another more detailed one for Europe...different site:

http://www.ipta.demokritos.gr/erl/info_np.html

One more that might be of interest to some, look for the links for the ones in your state:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/states.html

And Yes, quite a bit of farming in California. Although I will say it was one state that was easier to find organic grocery stores, then say Florida and New Jersey.

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From: Heer

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:53 AM

Subject: Re: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

I grew up in the SF bay area, but I can tell you that the farm areas of California are also areas of high cancers and other diseases such as autoimmune diseases . It is really from pesticides and chemicals in the water. At least in my opinion.

I found out while we were driving to Boise the other day that there is a nice big nuclear dumping site out there in the Idaho desert, so you can't get away from this crap no matter where you go.

Sad isn't it.

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From: DanzButterflies@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:02 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Wow - that article is interesting to me considering I just moved out of there 2 and half years ago when I was 3 months pregnant. I was literally nauseated from the aroma in the air. I only lived in that region for 8 months. Having moved there from previously living in Sacramento 2 hours away where we ended up after we first arrived to California and was unable to work something out to live in the North of the Bay area. Although I'm not wealthy, I'm in my 30's - closer to 40, having had my mom die from breast cancer and a sister who has had it twice. Good thing we left and weren't there long.

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From: Patty

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:28 AM

Subject: Fw: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases in one year a mystery

Gee, and I wonder why a ton of kids in Fallon, NV have come down withLeukemia? And the many afflicted with Lupus in Nogales, AZ? Can't anyonefigure the environmental factors in here without being so evasive and scaredof the truth?Patty----- Original Message -----From: <ilena@...>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:52 PMSubject: Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S. ~ 20% rise in cases inone year a mysteryhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/17/MN186578.DTL------------------------------------------------------------------------Marin has highest breast cancer rate in U.S.20% rise in cases in one year a mystery Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Ý Thursday, January 17, 2002------------------------------------------------------------------------The number of women found to have breast cancer in Marin County leaped astunning 20 percent in one year, solidifying the region's status as thebreast cancer capital of the country, health officials said yesterday.The numbers, compiled from 1999 data, represent the largest recordedannual jump in the breast cancer rate ever in Marin, which already had thehighest rate of any county in California.The Bay Area as a whole has the highest rate in the world, according tothe Northern California Cancer Center, which conducted the study."In the year 2002, every week, six women will be diagnosed with breastcancer and at least one woman will die due to breast cancer" in Marin,said Larry Meredith, the interim director of the Marin County Departmentof Health and Human Services. "These are truly grim statistics."The numbers are all the more disturbing because nobody seems to know whatis causing the problem. Most experts believe it is because compared withother areas, Marin has a higher percentage of older women who eitherdidn't have children or gave birth at a later age.Breast cancer is known to be more prevalent in older, wealthier whitewomen who have babies in their 30s and 40s -- all general characteristicsof Marin's female population as of the 1990 census.But why, many experts ask, would Marin be any different from other wealthysuburbs around the country? The latest study cites evidence of a uniquemigration pattern in Marin County in which younger women with children aremoving out while older women who fit the higher risk profile are movingin.Dr. Tina e, an epidemiologist with the cancer center, said thosefactors cannot be determined definitively until the 2000 census figuresare thoroughly studied.Whatever factors might play into the trend, e and the otherspecialists in attendance yesterday could not explain an increase as largeas the one in 1999, the most recent year the data was available. Andhealth care officials say there is no reason to believe the trend won'tcontinue.Since 1991, the breast cancer rate in white women living in Marin hasincreased 60 percent compared with increases of less than 5 percent inother urban parts of the state, according to the study.e said the most recent increases were mostly confined to womenbetween the ages of 45 and 64. The rate of breast cancer in Marin womenwithin that age group is 58 percent higher than the rest of the Bay Areaand 72 percent higher than the rest of California, she said.The death rate for white women in Marin is also 25 percent higher than therest of the Bay Area and California, according to the study."It is completely frightening to me as a woman who is in the age groupthat is most affected," said Marin Supervisor Murray, who withother supervisors and Assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San , plan to lead acommunitywide effort to raise money, educate the community and figure outthe cause of the problem."We have done a great deal to address this," she said, "but we must do more."E-mail Fimrite at pfimrite@....