An independent report revealed recently that women employed at the Toowong site of ABC's former Brisbane studios in Australia were six times more likely to develop breast cancer than other women.The site has been vacated. And the hunt is on -- for the cause of this unusually high rate of the disease.
No luck yet -- but new findings, while not definitive on what has caused this cluster, do indicate exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is not a factor -- because the low frequency fields at the site were typical of other workplaces and residences, without any such cancer cluster.
Further testing will take place in an attempt to solve this on-going mystery, chronicled in the posts that follow.
ABC journalists walk out over cancer cluster concerns
Breast cancer cluster closes ABC studios in Australia
Connecting the clues in Australia cancer cluster
1. Has there been historical research on the ABC property? I have many files of cancer clusters among people living or working on a closed dump (landfill). Maybe toxic waste beneath the building is the "culprit."
Janice R. England
People Investigating Toxic Sites
Posted at 6:23PM on Mar 21st 2007 by Janice R. England