Calls for CDC Study to Be Renewed

By John Yewell, 4-06-05

Utah senators Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch have called on the Centers for Disease Control to find the funding to continue a University of Utah study looking for links between fallout from above-ground nuclear tests and thyroid cancer in residents of southern Utah. The CDC cancelled the "downwinder" study two weeks ago, claiming it had run out of money. In an editorial entitled "Pattern of Willful Ignorance?" the Deseret Morning News editorial board also weighed in today on the issue. [End of article]