Erin Brockovich investigating mysterious disease cluster – USATODAY.com
LE ROY, N.Y. – Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has started her own investigation into the mysterious illness that's caused symptoms of facial tics and verbal outbursts among teenag in LeRoy, N.Y., in light of new evidence about a toxic chemical spill more than 40 years ago that caused water and ground contamination.
Brockovich, of Los Angeles, says families of affected teens and other community members asked her to look into the case. She's spent the past week studying federal and state reports about a 1970 train derailment that spilled cyanide and an industrial solvent called trichloroethene (TCE) within three miles of the high school attended by the 12 teen girls who started having these symptoms last fall. As many as five other teens, including one boy and two girls from the Albany area, are reportedly experiencing similar neurological symptoms.
READ MORE: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-26/new-york-school-mystery-disease/52804710/1?csp=34news
LE ROY, N.Y. – Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has started her own investigation into the mysterious illness that's caused symptoms of facial tics and verbal outbursts among teenag in LeRoy, N.Y., in light of new evidence about a toxic chemical spill more than 40 years ago that caused water and ground contamination.
Brockovich, of Los Angeles, says families of affected teens and other community members asked her to look into the case. She's spent the past week studying federal and state reports about a 1970 train derailment that spilled cyanide and an industrial solvent called trichloroethene (TCE) within three miles of the high school attended by the 12 teen girls who started having these symptoms last fall. As many as five other teens, including one boy and two girls from the Albany area, are reportedly experiencing similar neurological symptoms.
READ MORE: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-26/new-york-school-mystery-disease/52804710/1?csp=34news
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