Historical Document
This document is provided by the National Center for Environmental Health ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. It is no longer being maintained and the data it contains may no longer be current and/or accurate.
For current information about cancer clusters, please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/clusters/
Study
- Summary (February 6, 2003)
- PDF [180 Kb]
- State of Nevada press release (February 6, 2003)
- PDF [1 Mb]
- Final report (February 6, 2003)
- Investigators, Collaborators, and Funding Sources
- PDF [73 Kb]
- Follow-up Study: Exposure to Tungsten in Three Nevada Communities (2003)
- Genetic Testing (November 29, 2006)
- Related Articles
- Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada.
Environ Health Perspect. Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9022 [external link] - Risk Factors for Acute Leukemia in Children: A Review.
Environ Health Perspect. Online November 30, 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.9023 [external link] - Other leukemia/lymphoma publications
- Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada.
FAQs
- Arsenic
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, results of Churchill County investigation ...more - Benzene
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, effects on the environment ...more - DDT and DDE
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment ...more - O-phenylphenol (OPP)
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects ...more - Organophosphate pesticides
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, effects on the environment ...more - Persistent pesticides
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases ...more - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment ...more - Radon
Mechanisms of entrance to the environment, relationship to cancer and other diseases, testing for radon, results of Churchill County testing ...more - Trichlorophenols
Mechanisms of entrance to the environment, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects ...more - Tungsten
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, effects on the environment, reproductive and developmental effects ...more - Uranium
Mechanisms of exposure, relationship to cancer and other diseases, reproductive and developmental effects, results of Churchill County testing ...more
Glossaries
Resources
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Churchill
County Exposure Pathway Assessment (February 12, 2003)
Results of five ATSDR environmental exposure pathway investigations related to the Churchill County (Nevada) Leukemia Cluster Investigation ...more - Media
Announcement ATSDR Finds No Public Health Hazard from Exposure to
Naval Air Station Fallon Substances in Churchill County, Nevada
July 25, 2003 press release by ATSDR ...more -
Public Health Consultations on Possible Health Effects from Use of Tap
Water and Exposure to Pesticides in Churchill (July 25, 2003)
Two health consultations relating to the Churchill County leukemia cluster investigation by ATSDR ...more
- Churchill
County Exposure Pathway Assessment (February 12, 2003)
- CDC’s Health
Studies Program
Introduction to the Health Studies Branch, its primary mission and goals ...more - National
Toxicology Program [external link]
Testing information, research studies, public health information, basic information about NTP ...more -
State of Nevada’s Churchill County (Fallon)
[external link]
Information on the 1997-2001 study of the Churchill County cancer cluster posted on the Nevada State Health Division web site ...more
