State to Assist a L.I. Study of Pet Cancers

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Subject:  State to Assist a L.I. Study of Pet Cancers
Date:     Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:19:17 -0400
From:      Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

New York Times - June 28, 2002State to Assist a L.I. Study of Pet Cancers - By THE NEW YORK TIMES

MINEOLA, N.Y., June 27 - For years, anecdotal evidence has suggested that Long Island has an unusually high rate of cancer. Now, the state has allocated money to find out whether the same holds true for Long Islanders' pets.

In an unusual study, researchers will monitor pet cancer rates in a part of Long Island where human cancer is notably widespread, and in another region in the state where cancer is less common. Researchers have not yet selected the two areas.

Some experts have suggested that Long Island's high cancer rates may stem from the presence of certain ethnic groups that have high cancer rates, like Jews of Eastern European descent. But if human and pet cancer rates are both found to be high in the same geographical areas, the finding would lend credence to the belief that environmental factors- pesticides or landfills, for example - could be contributing to disease.

FULL STORY at: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/28/nyregion/28PETS.html

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