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Uploaded: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 2:19 PM
Q&A on MV's cancer spike
Higher than expected lymphoma rates near TCE sites are the topic of Nov. 29 meeting
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by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice Staff
A report that found a spike in cancer rates in northwestern Mountain View will be the topic of an EPA presentation and question-and-answer session on Thursday, Nov. 29, at Mountain View's Senior Center.
The report released last month by the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry found a higher rate of non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- nearly twice that of the regional average -- in a residential area east of Shoreline Boulevard and north of Central Expressway between 1996 and 2005, when rates dropped to average levels. The residential areas border several Superfund sites east of Whisman Road contaminated with the industrial solvent TCE.
TCE is a carcinogen and is known to cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the Cancer Registry. It's also a cause of kidney and liver cancers, though those were at found at average levels in the study.
The report was met with mixed reactions, from alarm and outrage that such a study was not done sooner, to a call "for people not to panic and conclude from this study that the TCE was responsible for the increase in counted cancers," said Lenny Siegel, director of the Mountain View-based Center for Public Environmental Oversight.
The presentation by the Environmental Protection Agency is part of the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board's Thursday night meeting at Mountain View's Senior Center at 266 Escuela Avenue. It begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9:15 p.m.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Jim, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood, on Nov 27, 2012 at 3:03 pm "in northwestern Mountain View"
Shouldn't the area east of Shoreline be northeastern MV?
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Posted by NW Resident, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Nov 27, 2012 at 3:48 pm I agree with you, Jim, that the area described sould be northeastern Mountain View.
I also noticed that groundwater sampling is being conducted this week on Devonshire Ave near the Superfund sites.
Perhaps The Voice staff can find out if this is related to any EPA studies, since I have not seen any announcements from the City about this.
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Posted by Tony, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Nov 27, 2012 at 10:45 pm NW Resident--all of the homes in the groundwater sampling area got an EPA flier describing the purpose of the tests. They are checking concentrations of TCE in the groundwater. Here's a scan of the flier I got:
Web Link
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Posted by NW Resident, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Nov 28, 2012 at 8:50 am Tony - thanks for the link to the EPA notice. It provides a good overview of the sampling locations and background on this activity.
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