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High Rate of Cancer in Ohio Town Pits Local Plant Against EPA

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A town just west of Cincinnati has been found to have a higher than normal incidence of lung, mouth and colorectal cancer; however a local chemical plant denies implications that its pollution is the cause. 
 
The EPA has cited the company, Lanxess, for pollution; Lanxess claims that the state is using outdated science and that its discharges are well below the dangerous level.

Lanxess: Cancer study flawed

Cincinnati.com - 6/17/2006 5:51 AM

Officials at Lanxess Corp. said Friday their plant is not the cause of Addyston's high cancer incidence.
 
Company officials released a statement disputing the findings of an Ohio Department of Health study on cancer in Addyston. The village is 12 miles west of downtown Cincinnati on the banks of the Ohio River
 
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