EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO CONVENE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDHOOD CANCER
AND POSSIBLE LINK TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1997
MEDIA ADVISORY
EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO CONVENE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDHOOD
CANCER AND POSSIBLE LINK TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner will convene on September
15th the first-ever federal conference to address environmental
causes that may contribute to the alarming increase in cancer
incidences in children in the United States. The conference will
bring together America's leading experts on childhood cancer to
develop a national research strategy for addressing this growing
problem.
According to National Cancer Institute data, acute lymphoblastic
leukemia among children increased by over 27 percent among children
over the last two decades. Childhood brain cancer increased by over
39 percent, kidney tumors increased by over 45 percent, a form of bone
cancer increased by 50 percent, and testicular cancer increased by 68
percent among children.
Environmental factors like toxins in food, dust, drinking water
and other sources of pollution must be considered prime suspects in
these dramatic increases.
Speakers will include physicians and experts on this issue from
the National Cancer Institute, Columbia University, and the Robert
Wood Johnson Medical Center, along with U.S. Representatives Nita M.
Lowey, Jim Moran and other officials.
WHO: U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
WHAT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Conference on
Childhood Cancer and Possible Link to Environmental Hazards
WHEN: Sept. 15 and 16, 1997
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Sheraton National Hotel
Arlington, VA
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