Woburn
A Legacy of Waste
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Contents
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Contamination in Our Communities: A Case Study of Woburn, Massachusetts
Learning Objectives:
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Woburn - Early History
The History of Pollution in Woburn, MA
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The Woburn Water Supply
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1970s: Cancer in Woburn
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Assessing the Health Status of a Community
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
Cancer Registries
Community Health Reports
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Contamination in Wells G and H
The Leukemia Cluster
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1979: Woburn Health Data Analysis, 1969-1978
1981: Woburn - Cancer Incidence and Environmental Hazards, 1969 – 1978
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Standardized Rates of Disease
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Data on Environmental Contaminants
Hazardous Waste Sites
Identifying Active Industries
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Air Quality
Water Supply
Community Organizations
Historical Data on the Environment
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The Link Between Exposure and Disease
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Assessing Human Exposure
Fate and Transport
Toxicity
Amount
Exposed Population
Routes of Exposure
Exposure Duration and Frequency
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Community Based Participatory Research
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Remediation and Superfund
Remediation
Find Superfund Sites Near You
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The Lawsuit
1980s: Remediation and Lawsuit
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Woburn - Part 6
Mid-1980s and Beyond: Further Health Studies and the Legacy of Woburn
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The Legacy of Woburn
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"What happened here is really just a symptom of a much larger problem that we see all over this country."
-U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr., referring to a TCE-contaminated site in St. Louis
The Legacy of Woburn
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