Are there any cancer clusters in NH? (Manchester, Londonderry: neighborhood, living in)

[VintageSunlight]

Living in NJ for many years and now living in a section of Philly where pollution is a concern, I'm looking to live somewhere that is clean and has not been abused by industry for years. In NJ, this rules out a lot of areas.

Are there any cancer clusters in NH? Any areas to avoid due to industrial pollution? The most I have seen online was some past issues with MTBE in the groundwater. I assume MTBE has been taken out of gasoline, as it has in many states.

Thanks

[rizzo0904]

[LEFT]NEW HAMPSHIRE
Providence Hill neighborhood, Atkinson - Atkinson Dump on Meditation Lane [/LEFT]
Liberty Hill Road neighborhood, Gilford - Gas Services Inc. Coal Tar Dump on Liberty Hill Road

I found that on a site about clusters near dump sites.

[rizzo0904]

http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/hsdm/can.../bethlehem.pdf

[BF66389]

One thing to pay attention to is population density, when I teach my class on presenting statistics I use an example from the midwest where an "investigative report" found the cancer rate as a percentage of population in this one town was really high. The rate was indeed high...except the "town" had a population of 27 so more than 1 case of a single type of cancer produced shocking statistics. In short- check a few sources just to make sure it is indeed a cluster and not a singular story for shock value.

Rizzo seems to have provided a good start of useful info. I think you'll find NH isn't perfect- but lower population/industrial density does leave it cleaner.

[buck naked]

one good way to start your research is to determine the original superfund sites - NH had it's share.

NDCA » Clusters - National Disease Cluster Alliance


REPORTED cancers take some time to show up - the largest superfund site in the nation was located in Londonderry on the Manchester/Auburn line.

http://envirofrogblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/

^ progress on the GE superfund site in Milford