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Show Al2 TheSalt Lake Tribune THE WEST Friday, January 29, 1999 Study Disputes Hanford Poisoned People No link found between nuclear reserve’s radiation releases and thyroid disease THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHLAND,Wash. — A 10-year study of 3,400 from Hanford.” In the study, the thyroid health of 3,441 people born in eastern Washington between 1940 and 1946 was checked for the CDC by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centerin Seattle. people has foundno link between Cold War-era radi- ation releases from Hanfordnuclearreservation and the rate of thyroid disease among people living downwind. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the announcement Thursday, up- Those people were children: when substantial amounts of radioactive iodine werereleased into the air around Hanford between 1944 and 1957 and carried bythe wind towardthe northeast. Scientists say one of the primary forms of exposure came from food. Children, particularly, were setting many in the Northwest who for years have blamed Hanford for a variety of diseases, particularly cancer. “The study, to putit in a simple statement, found no increased risk for thyroid disease from exposure exposed when they drank milk from cowsthatate grass contaminated by radioactive fallout. Study participants were randomly selected from to radioactive iodine released from the Hanford facility,” said Paul Garbe, CDC scientific adviser for the study. Downwinder KaySutherland doesn’t believeit. “If they found a link between Hanford and the thyroid disease, then they would haveto find a link with all the other diseases in this area, including autoimmunediseases,” said Sutherland, 58, of Walla Walla, about 50 miles eastof here. “Studies like the HTDS” — Hanford Thyroid Disease Study — “cannot tell us if a specific person’s thyroid diseaseis or is not caused by Hanford radia- Benton, Franklin, Adams and Walla Walla counties, the four closest to Hanford. Other subjects were selected from Okanogan, Ferry and Stevens counties in northeastern Washington where low or no doses would be expected. Paige Leven at Heart of America Northwest, a Hanford watchdog group, contends the study was flawed because it failed to study multiple forms of radiation exposure and because counties in the control group may have been exposed to fallout from Nevada nucleartesting. tion,” Garbesaid. “It can only tell us that in this specific group of Researcher Scott Davis at the Hutchinson center said the Nevadafallout wasnota factor. disease and their estimated thyroid radiation dose World WarII Manhattan Project. people, we did not find a link betweenthe thyroid Hanford was built in 1943 as part of the secret $2.5M Gift to Grand Canyon Park Will Renovate Historic Buildings THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — The 5 million tourists who visit Grand Canyon Plaza, the hub of a mass-transit tendent acknowledges are “mis- system designed to end automobile congestion at the rim The light-rail system is scheduled to be up and runningin 2002, Arnberger said. Del Webb Corp. on Thursday years to transform the Communi- announced a 5 million donation to the Grand Canyon National Park Foundation for the reno- ter brimming with classrooms, interpretive centers. meeting National Park each yearsoonwill be spared what the park superinerable, moth-eaten” exhibits in ancient buildings Phoenix-based Del Webb will provide $500,000 a yearfor five ty Building into an education cen- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO, Nev. — Two Marines based in California were headed back to Nevada under tight security Thursday to face charges in the slaughter of 34 wild horses that has stirred outrage nation- wide. “We will probably hold them in solitary,” Washoe County Sheriff’s Lt. Janice Lee said. Lance Cpl. Darien Brock, 20, vation of the Community Building, built in 1935. It is one of fivehistoricbut out- with rock garden and other features. dated buildings at the South Rim Four other historic buildings Countyjailin lieu of $65,000bail, that will be improved and trans- will also be renovatedin the next severalyearsas part of a $55 million facelift awaiting an arraignment Monday 1926, will become the Steward- shooting the mustangs while on building, erected in 1926,will become the Forces of Nature; the Most of the horses were shot multiple times with high-powered rifles on Dec. 27 in the canyon Campus, featuring the latest technological bells and whistles to showcase the canyon’s human, geological and natural historyfor children. Park Superintendent Robert Arnberger said the new education complex marksthestart of a dramatic shift in the wayvisitors experience the Grand Canyon Groundwill be broken April 23 on the Canyon View Information The laundry building, built in ship Gallery; the powerhouse livery stable, built in 1906, will become the History Pavilion; and the 1906 mule barn will become a cultural center featuringfine art, crafts and music and dance presentation areas. “Entire Stock Women’s Fall Shoes and Boots Marines Head to Nevada To Face Criminal Case In Slaughter of Horses rooms, offices, an outdoor deck formedinto a Heritage Education sis wasan error in our Women’s Shoe Clearance ad which ran on Thursday. The ad should have stated: and Lance Cpl. Scott Brendle, 21, were to be to held at the Washoe in VirginiaCity. The two, along with a high- It was not our intention to mislead our customers. Weapologize for any inconvenienceor confusion. school friend, are accused of holiday leave just east of Reno. 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