Monona Rossol on wed 25 aug 99
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:16:28 EDT
From: mel jacobson
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: toxic/a real story
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in keeping with the line of `toxic` stories that many more
qualified than myself have been dealing with:
on our block in minneapolis....grand avenue from 26th street to 27th street...
all the kids, and that is 17 of them are dead. (all before 55, most in
their 40's) i can list the names. all died of cancer or related illness.
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Interesting post. I'm going to Minneapolis to lecture at the Univ. of Mn and
happen to know there are three cases of bladder cancer in the art
department. That's essentially a cluster. Bladder cancer is associated with
the benzidine pigments and dyes. We have so many cases in Local 829, United
Scenic Artists, that I'm setting up a bladder cancer screening project for
them.
Minneapolis also figured in misuse of methyl bromide pesticide fumigation
where residents were affected and one was killed.
Monona Rossol
ACTS
181 Thompson St., # 23
NYC NY 10012-2586 212/777-0062
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