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<br />~ of Rosevi/le <br />Community Development Department <br /> <br />Memo <br />Oct 1, 1997 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />James Addition Task Force ~ <br />Dennis Welsch, Community Development Director VF'" <br />(490-2232) <br /> <br />REPORT FROM: JOHN SOLER (623-5481), MN DEPT OF HEALTH <br />CHRONIC DISEASE & EPIDEMIOLOGY <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br /> <br />On September 11th I spoke with John Soler regarding "Cancer Clusters" in the James <br />Addition. Attached is an information sheet he faxed, <br /> <br />Soler has found there are thousands of clusters in Minnesota; they are very common. <br />In Minnesota an individual has a 50% chance of being diagnosed with some type of <br />cancer. The Minnesota environment usually causes between 1 % - 5% of all cancer, If <br />a cancer cluster is caused by an environmental factor, all cancers would be of the same <br />type such as lukemias or Iymphonomas, and they would have to occur within the same <br />time frame. <br /> <br />According to Soler, most cancers have a long term latency - usually five years or more. <br />When a neighborhood and its population is aging in place, a similar type of cancer from <br />environmental factors would generally hit the Icnger term residents with many years of <br />exposure. <br /> <br />The drinking water in the area is not a factor - it is the same water that is tested and <br />distributed throughout St. Paul. Air pollution does cause lung cancers, but is dwarfed <br />by smoking which causes 99 of 100 lung cancer cases. His records do not show toxic <br />waste dumps in the area. <br /> <br />M:\JAMESADD\CANCER,WPD <br /> <br />1 <br />