Those that live in the St. Inigoes area may be in trouble

[TPD]

Though I think there could be higher cancer rates in SMC as a whole, I’m not sure I can believe much coming from the Bay Journal - I think they have a slant.

 

[Sneakers]

I think they have a slant

Have any levels at the store you could sell them?

 

[PrchJrkr]

Have any levels at the store you could sell them?

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Part of a nicely done article from the Bay Journal states:
The MDE earlier this year tested water and oysters in Southern Maryland after independent testing found PFAS in St. Inigoes Creek in St. Mary’s County. That water sample was taken by a local activist near the Webster airfield annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, where PFAS-laden firefighting foam has been reportedly used in the past.

A seafood platter containing oysters, crab and rockfish with these levels of toxins is a danger to public health, especially women who may be pregnant or breastfeeding,” contended Pat Elder, the activist who also assisted PEER in its testing.

However, it appears to me after reading the Bay Journal article that the State believes if there is any contamination it is low and therefore any exposure to anything toxic to humans would also be low.

Perhaps it is a coincidence so many people in the St. Inigoes area developed cancer. Maybe they just happned to live in St. Inigoes and got it from somewhere else.

So its a group of people, do they all know each other, spend time together doing things like going to bars (smoking, eating crabs with the "mustard") etc. There are a lot of explanations why there could be a group of people with cancer. Where my dad worked almost everyone there got some form of cancer, everyone smoked in the machine shop, nobody wore the PPE given to them when they were handling chemicals etc.

 

[stgislander]

When I first moved to the Piney Point area, everyone talked about the high cancer rates in Piney Point. Everyone was blaming on Steuart Petroleum.

 

[Clem72]

Perhaps it is a coincidence so many people in the St. Inigoes area developed cancer. Maybe they just happned to live in St. Inigoes and got it from somewhere else.

Might be a result of inbreeding? That's how they developed the mice that get cancer really easily for use with medical testing.

 

[Kinnakeet]

I've read peer reviewed information that the cellular damage that caused my cancer may have started as much as 20 years before the tumor developed. I was smoking 3 packs a day back then, and drinking heavily.

BUT, the info in the OP raises concern for my Mrs. She worked at Webster the 1st couple of years here.

Cousins make dozens

 

[woogie]

A little light reading for your spare time....

Link = mde.maryland.gov/PublicHealth/Pages/PFAS-Landing-Page.aspx

Link = militarypoisons.org/latest-news/small-naval-facility-in-southern-maryland-causes-massive-pfas-contamination

Link = militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/08/11/these-mid-atlantic-bases-have-toxic-levels-of-cancer-linked-chemicals-report-finds/

There is also an old SuperFund clean up site on base at NASPAXRIV south of the old Main Gate along Rte 235.

And the old pesticide dump on base near Pond #2 that was never cleaned up which MANY cancer deaths are linked to.
The water supplies on both bases (NASPAX and Webster Field) are VERY polluted and the chemicals have spread underground
into regional acquifers thus affecting the entier SOMD population. And MetComm KNOWS THIS! And they are doing NOTHING
about it. Same for over in Calvert with the Ranch Club's water wells containing heavy metals and carcinogen chemicals. There are
old chemical dumps on the Solomons Annex and also over at the old USN Amphibious Base (WW2) in Dowell/Hidden Harbor.
The "Paddington Farm" housing development is built on top of the old Fuel Dump there. You can still find the ruins of the old
round fuel tanks back in the trees there. Wanna bet that NO clean up has been done there? And wanna bet that the newcomer
property owners have NO idea of the past usage of that area? That area soil is also full of creosote and heavy metals from boatbuilding
and ammunition storage as well.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

So its a group of people, do they all know each other, spend time together doing things like going to bars (smoking, eating crabs with the "mustard") etc. There are a lot of explanations why there could be a group of people with cancer. Where my dad worked almost everyone there got some form of cancer, everyone smoked in the machine shop, nobody wore the PPE given to them when they were handling chemicals etc.

Some knew each other. Others did not. In addition, over the years I knew several people, one not knowing the other who also died and lived in the same area. Perhaps just a coincidence. Very true there can be other factors. But all living in the same area seems to be a common denominator.