Leukemia in Woburn

Contamination in Our Communities

Site Map

  • Page 1
    • Introduction
      • Learning Objectives
  • Page 2
    • Background on Woburn
      • The History of Pollution
      • The Water Supply
  • Page 3
    • Occurrence of Cancer in Woburn
  • Page 4
    • Community Health Assessment
      • Birth Certificates
      • Death Certificates
      • Cancer Registries
      • Community Health Reports
  • Page 5
    • Contamination in Wells G and H
      • The Leukemia Cluster
      • Economic Influences in Woburn's Industri-Plex
  • Page 6
    • MDPH Response and Standardized Rates of Disease
      • Woburn Health Data Analysis
      • Cancer Incidence and Environmental Hazards
      • Standardized Rates of Disease
      • Standardized Incidence Ratios (SIRs)
  • Page 7
    • Data on Environmental Contaminants
      • Hazardous Waste Sites
      • Identifying Active Industries
        • The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
  • Page 8
    • Human Exposure Assessment
      • Sources
      • Fate and Transport
      • Routes of Exposure
      • Toxicity
        • Intensity, Duration and Frequency
      • Estimating exposure
  • Page 9
    • The Link Between Disease and Exposure
      • An Epidemiologist's View of Causation
      • Analysis of Contaminated Well Water and Health Effects
      • Routes of Exposure
      • Further Health Studies (Mid-1980s and Beyond)
  • Page 10
    • The Lawsuit and Remediation
      • The Lawsuit (1980s)
      • Remediation
        • Superfund Site
        • EPA Investigation of Woburn Concludes
  • Page 11
    • Widespread Contamination
  • Page 12
    • The Legacy of Woburn
    • Post-Module Feedback

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