State cancer registry corrects cancer data

The NC Central Cancer Registry released a revised report yesterday with corrected disease incidence rates for the areas near the EH Glass dump and the White Street Landfill. The revised study still finds pancreatic cancer rates near the landfill to be significantly higher than expected. As the cancer registry's Karen Knight explained to the Greensboro City Council on Tuesday, the study plugged used incorrect data in the state control group. The revised study pegs the pancreatic cancer rate near the EH Glass dump at 1.81. The initial study stated that it was 2.03.

Previous reporting here and here.


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