Albany, NY – Governor Paterson signed a new law that will give New Yorkers more clues in tracking causes of cancer found in the environment.
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The bill requires health care providers and the state to collect more data on cancer patients than the federal Centers for Disease Control mandates. The data will be used by the state to create maps of cancer incidence for the public.
Senator Tom Libous of Binghamton says the maps are essential tools needed to find the causes of cancer.
The Health Department currently collects information on what body part cancer appears in, what cell type and how advanced the disease is.
Officials also collect data on where cancer patients were born and where they currently live.
The first cancer maps will be available from the state next June.
And will be posted on the department of health’s website.
This is wonderful. Personally i know a block in boro park where three neighbors had kids with cancer. There is definitely clusters, and hopefully this will help find the source.
Good idea!!
Please what will be if statistics wood say the Jews are more weak in tho gene?
Please: looking on genes is not good for Jews!
Excellent idea…only good can come from it.