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Any guesses as to what's so special about Long Island? I assumed the issue was going to be skin cancer from sun exposure, not breast cancer.
by noitpmeder 3y ago
Any guesses as to what's so special about Long Island? I assumed the issue was going to be skin cancer from sun exposure, not breast cancer.
- bsder 3y agoMilitary base areas have significantly higher cancer rates. Long Island has historically had quite terrible air quality, as well, no?
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoNot the best, but the City has worse. What Long Island is, is the site of some of the oldest heavy industry, built for the world wars. Many those planes and tanks you see in the documentaries, were often built right here. And they set it up quickly, with very little regulation. People have been straight-up dumping toxic sludge for decades. Since Long Island gets almost all its water from local aquifers, there you have it. Traditionally, this kind of thing happens to disadvantaged communities, without much clout, but Long Island has a lot of billionaires (old-money billionaires). They get cancer, as well. But they are also absolutely aghast at the prospect of government intervention, and hate regulations. Add a bit of mob spice, and you have a situation, where no one wants to raise a stink. We do have some damn good cancer hospitals, though. Very few of the people I have seen fight cancer have actually died.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoAquifers. Also, it's probably Superfund Central. A few times a month, I pass a fancy adult condo development, built upon the land that was formerly Deutsch Relays[0]; an old superfund site. [0] https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0201571 https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0...