Environmentalists lost New Mexico to prevent cancer statistics, the extraction of uranium

It 'easy enough to scare a person. Only one who says he or she has cancer of something. Increasing the growth of the causes of cancer, what you do, say, what they eat, where you live, what products we eat and so on, we can talk in general, cafeteria. But they have their own statistics and research put in order before the judge make a public statement on the source of the cancer. If you want to be taken seriously. Environmentalists May some general statistics secretnot accessible for those who insist on uranium ISL (in situ Leach mining) projects "could" result in the rate of cancer.

We met Joseph J. Kolb, editor and publisher of The Miami Herald Gallup "to hear his thoughts on ISL uranium project in Gallup. During our conversation, Mr. Kolb made a statement on the matter. Then, these comments for posterity in order to maintain Editorial was published on November 13 Kolb preached, "The extraction of uraniumReserve can and Gallup has done wrong … They are also stories of unusually high breast, cancer of the cervix and ovaries here. Researchers continue to study a possible correlation between the 1979 spill (Spill Puerco River Valley) and its impact on cancer rates on the spot.

Kolb said: "I know that at least 15 women with breast cancer. He said that he had studied the statistics of cancer through the New Mexico Environment DepartmentAmerican Cancer Society. In his view, the former New Yorker transplanted cancer rates Kolb Gallup uranium tailings risk that errors occurred in 1979. At one point during the conversation, gave Kolb, who may already be shaking for the extraction of uranium for the local economy through the cost of these operations, good thoughts. Along the way he changed his mind.

That sounds very convincing, and perhaps readers Kolb has engulfed the editorial that the rhetoricHook line and sinker. Dr. Charles Wiggins, director and principal investigator for the New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center, has not. Kolb makes a mockery of the claims and said: "Many people say these things, but if I was going to investigate and they were always wrong." As an epidemiologist, Dr. Wiggins is investigating the causes of diseases in the population.

Dr. Wiggins presented the final reportcancer in women, American Indians in New Mexico. The 1998-2002 accident rate by 48 deaths per 100,000 population. The death rate from breast cancer in New Mexico, during the same period was 110 per 100,000 population. Mountain states, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and New Mexico, this rate increased to 119.4. For all Western UP, the mortality was 128.8 on the beach, the national average of 124.9. What was 260 percent higherthat the rate of breast cancer for American Indians in New Mexico, a group that is mentioned in this report. The Latin American women in New Mexico, died of breast cancer more than twice as high in this period.

A common problem found in the extraction of uranium in the anti-nuclear, just surprising the high rate of mortality from lung cancer by the Navajo. Draw the line is influenced by the Party, prohibits the Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. uraniumReserve in the month of April. Statistics provided by Dr. Wiggins to show that the Indians in New Mexico is one of the lowest rates of lung cancer in the United States. Utah, a state with the lowest incidence of deaths from lung cancer, a rate of more than 150 percent higher. Nationwide, the mortality from lung cancer are more than 300 percent. White New Mexicans have a better chance of lung cancer at a rate nearly four times higher than that of American Indians.

Dr. WigginsMinimize the effects of uranium contamination or ionizing radiation is defined, the logic of certain forms of cancer. For example, when asked about "the increasing rate of breast cancer, citing changes in the fertility of a woman (eg the pill) and obesity are the primary engine. Wiggins, said:" The increasing incidence of cancer breast occurs in Long Island (New York) or Marin County (California) because of higher rates of breast cancer, especially in the rich, white people, not for Gallup, New –Mexico.

According to the latest data from the University of New Mexico, American Indian Cancer statistics are lower than those of fishing and Hispanics. Dr. Wiggins says: "Among the 50,000 to 60,000 Navajo who live in New Mexico, the Navajo have become ill, about half the rate of cancer than whites and half the risk of cancer. Dr. Wiggins was found that the lagoon Pueblo Indian elder in the vicinity of uranium mine Jackpile people have cancer rates higher in comparison with the rest of New Mexico. Dr.Wiggins agreed that the rate of kidney cancer has increased slightly, but said it was caused by an increase in diabetes and obesity did not come from a different source.

According to the National Program of Cancer Registries, the range of deaths from ovarian cancer in women living in New Mexico is 9,9-14,3 per 100,000 inhabitants, with a rate of 11.9 on average. The percentage of Indians is 13.4, but the rate of non-Hispanic whites was 14.1. Nationally, the average of all races, 13.1. All statisticswere for the year 2002. The research by Mr. Wiggins, a rate of 13.4 for women of Indian America for the period 1998 to 2002 showed. The rate is not alarming, "disproportionate", as proposed by Mr. Kolb. There are other states with the highest rates of ovarian cancer in women, such as Montana, Washington, Nevada, Alabama, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. It 'similar to ovarian cancer to the total of U.S. West, but still lower than those of the North-EastUnited States

When examining the statistics of the various types of cancer, Craig Bartels, president of Water Resources, to begin operations in New Mexico, ISL has also done its homework to expect, "If mathematics Navajo cancer rates 30% lower than the overall rate the United States. placed among the Navajo, 87.5 deaths per 100,000 cancer. The United States is 125.6 deaths per 100,000 cancer-related.

This is a shocking experience to realize what the official statistics, and scientists have rejected handradical environmentalists. In Albuquerque, we talked about the University of New Mexico, with statistics from the Southwest Research and Information Center, SRIC, office manager, Annette Aguayo and editor of the quarterly internal, Voices of the Earth. His response to our editorial team secret? "Oh, these are the statistics from the government. We do not trust them. I wonder if his comments in the media in New Mexico, how the writer and editor Joseph Kolb, statistics, when the prosecution of uraniumMining the increase in the rate of cancer. Like Don Quixote, who sang in the musical Man of La Mancha "Facts are the enemy of truth." This could also apply to data SRIC, provided that the local media and distribution to the Navajo?

Joseph Kolb, can cause problems in your head, that the extraction of uranium. In recent years, "Gallup Independent reported financial worries Kolb. 'S Weekly Gallup Herald continue to benefit from the accumulation of attractive and print invoices. Since October, Intermountain Color, getting a criminalCons $ 61,425 Regular Kolb, tried to obtain payment of debts. The editorial Albuquerque, sued the Herald, more than 27,000 dollars in unpaid bills. Kolb has been reported, is approximately $ 11,000 in the days of "Navajo to print invoices.

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