Leukemia-afflicted children drew far more of their water from the contaminated wells
Evidence
And finally, the study determined that there was indeed a positive link between exposure to the well water and the high rate of childhood leukemia. On average, children with leukemia received 21.2 percent of their annual water supply from the wells, compared with 9.5 percent for children without leukemia. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 637
Categorization
- CANDY: The dose contrast — 21.2 vs 9.5 percent — is a crisp, quotable number that sums up the entire study in one line.
- XREF: connects to: Childhood leukemia clustered in east Woburn at seven times the expected rate — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 198; Contaminated well water is linked to fetal deaths, birth defects, and respiratory illness — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 636; The causes of childhood leukemia remain scientifically unknown — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1475 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- The causes of childhood leukemia remain scientifically unknown
#complicates(0.85) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1475 - Childhood exposure to buried chemical weapons may have caused cancer deaths.
#corroborates(0.80) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 402 - Soil-sequestered chemicals travel underground streams to poison wells long after release
#expands(0.75) — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 975