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Cancer incidence near the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory 1978-1989 (1992)

AuteurM.J.Coye, L.R.Goldman
Datummaart 1992
Classificatie 3.01.8.40/06 (VS - LOCATIES - NOORD-WEST)
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CANCER INCIDENCE NEAR THE SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY
1978-1989

BACKGROUND

This report is a follow-up to a preliminary analysis of cancer incidence near 
Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) released by the Department of 
Health Services (DHS) in January of 1991. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory has 
been engaged in a variety of federally-supported research and development 
activities since 1948, including the operation of nuclear reactors, the handling of 
plutonium, rocket engine testing and other activities involving radioactive and other 
toxic materials. The January 1991 report examined cancer incidence rates among 
Los Angeles County residents living near the SSFL, compared to those for Los 
Angeles as a whole, for the time period 1978-1987. The preliminary results 
suggested that there might be an elevation of bladder cancer incidence among 
residents of some census tracts near the SSFL in Los Angeles County, compared 
those living elsewhere in Los Angeles. This work was done in response to 
community concerns regarding cancer risks which may have resulted from the 
presence of radioactive materials on the SSFL site.

The current analysis is designed to follow-up on the recommendations of the 
earlier report, and to extend analyses to include selected sites of cancer not 
included in the initial report. Specific objectives of these follow-up analyses are:

1. For Los Angeles County census tracts designated in the preliminary report, to
recalculate the bladder cancer incidence ratios for invasive cancers only among 
non-Hispanic Whites by sex;

2. For the area near the SSFL in Ventura County, to evaluate relative incidence
for bladder cancer, and other possibly radiogenic cancers;

3. To add additional cancer information reported since the preliminary analyses,
as available;

4. To also analyze cancers not included in the preliminary report (such as
breast cancer) for which there is some evidence of radiation-related risks.

Cancer Incidence Near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory 1979-1989

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