Description: Polluted groundwater at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod contaminates Falmouth drinking water and is thought related to elevated cancer rates in vicinity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1991
Description: Theories about breast cancer link it to alcohol, smoking, or birth control pills. New study speculates about high fat diet as cause, and another explores vitamins as preventive.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1991
Description: At Baird & McGuire Superfund site, dioxin and heavy metals are still being cleaned up to prevent further contamination of drinking water in Holbrook. Residents are concerned about cancer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1991
Description: Group of women who had breast cancer formed Women's Community Cancer Project in Cambridge to inform people about the disease, research, and treatments.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1991