Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Each meeting was held at a location that was easily accessible to the public. Before the meeting, National Research Council staff sent press releases to all the local media and to national media that cover Research Council activities in the area and advertised the meeting in local newspapers.
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The many questions and issues raised were in three general categories: concern about possible health effects of exposure to ZnCdS, outrage about being exposed to a chemical by the government without being informed, and requests for information about the spraying activities how, how much, when, where, and why. Many people expressed pride in being American and having served their country but difficulty In believing that their govenunent could have carried out the spraying activities without disclosing them to the public.
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In Fort Wayne, one family described how the mother had developed malignant melanoma and had been sent to Minneapolis for special treatment. Since becoming aware of the ZnCdS spraying, they had discovered that between 1973 and 1976, 17 other people from Fort Wayne had been sent to the same clinic in Minneapolis for treatment of melanoma.
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Many questions were raised about individual health problems at the public meetings and in written comments submitted to the subcommittee. lo general, the questions were divided into four categories: about whether exposure to ZnCdS could have caused the problems, about the unique sensitivity of children and whether children would be more sensitive to exposure to ZnCdS than adults, about future health problems both for the participants and for their children and their children's children, and about cumulative health effects.
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Some people who were involved in the conduct of the ZnCdS dispersion tests did not report adverse health effects associated with the tests. SPECI FIC H EALTH PROBLEMS The types of health effects discussed most often by concerned residents differed among the three communities.
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CONCLUSIONS The subcommittee has drawn valuable information and guidance Dom the presentations made at the public meetings and other comments submitted by the public. Members of the public who presented comments to the subcommittee were concerned about a wide array of health effects, including cancer and reproductive effects, and about whether these effects could have been caused by exposure to ZnCdS.
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I N PUr FROM 1H E PUBLIC 3 1 exposures might have caused an increase in the diseases above background levels.
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