Mesothelioma

One facility made a popular insulation and the other a soil additive.

Data for the people most at risk – the workers at the plants – was not available.

“All we were able to do was just a population study and basically draw a circle around these sites,” Ball said Friday.

Other factors, like smoking, could have also caused the cancers, Ball said.

State, local and federal health officials are trying to find former employees of the plants, to make sure they are aware of the health risks and learn more about the safety and working conditions at the plants.

There is no public health hazard at either site, which were both part of Superfund cleanups, according to the study.

Residents in the 2-mile radius of the plants had 1,057 cases of respiratory cancer during the years of the study.

The number of cases in the state outside the area over the same time frame was about 715, the study said.

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