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Old 09-07-2011, 09:05 AM
 
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It's not all pristine here. It's not all what they make it out to be. Prince of Wales Island has one of the biggest cancer rates in the country. I don't know why, nobody knows why, nobody knows why so many people in this little village have cancer.
that is sad...is it one particular type of cancer?
in our area in MA one or two prevalent types an a lot of us have multiple types at once...we have a high concentration too.
lots of old military burial areas in AK of radioactive materials...any chance POW is one of them??
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Old 09-07-2011, 11:24 AM
 
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With an acronym if POW one wonders what could have happened there in the past.

Has anyone tested water, soil, and air samples. Are the buildings old (asbestos?) obviously something us going on there if this is true.
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