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The first phase of the pilot body burden research study that a top Delaware health official said will help Delawareans as they make health decisions has been completed.
Delaware's Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control completed the first phase for the Millsboro area in collaboration with Research Triangle Institute.
Funded by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and DNREC, the study "is an important first step in the expanded analysis of air quality and environmental exposure levels in humans and the factors that may contribute to a higher than average rate of cancer and other respiratory illnesses in the area," according to a press release from the Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Sampling for the study's first phase was conducted in October. Second-phase sample will be done in October and November 2012.
From 2002 to 2006, the state's five-year average cancer incidence rate was 507 per 100,000 residents, or about 9.5 percent higher than the national average of 462.9 per 100,000. Delaware's mortality rate of 194.3 per 100,000 is 4 percent higher than the national average.
RTI, a research firm specializing in the areas of health, education and advanced technology, is compiling the data. DNREC and DHSS will announce preliminary results in spring 2012, with the final report available by March 2013.
DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf said the study "will provide the baseline as we move forward in our continuing fight against cancer and chronic diseases across the state and in the Millsboro area in particular."
Thirty-two Millsboro residents volunteered for the stud and agreed to place air pollution monitors inside and outside their homes and to wear personal air monitoring devices.
The study also includes comprehensive outdoor air quality sampling at fixed site monitors in the community. These area-wide samples will be compared to air samples taken directly outside and inside participant's homes. The data will help identify air toxins from local sources, as well as from sources outside of Delaware.
"This study takes a new approach to the way we collect and analyze information about our environment and public health," said DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara, the press release stated. "Our existing air quality monitoring network is very extensive. However, this study uses a significantly different type of air monitoring than we have ever done evaluating outdoor and indoor air quality in the Millsboro area and comparing the results to exposures of the study volunteers.
Delaware's Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control completed the first phase for the Millsboro area in collaboration with Research Triangle Institute.
Funded by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and DNREC, the study "is an important first step in the expanded analysis of air quality and environmental exposure levels in humans and the factors that may contribute to a higher than average rate of cancer and other respiratory illnesses in the area," according to a press release from the Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Sampling for the study's first phase was conducted in October. Second-phase sample will be done in October and November 2012.
From 2002 to 2006, the state's five-year average cancer incidence rate was 507 per 100,000 residents, or about 9.5 percent higher than the national average of 462.9 per 100,000. Delaware's mortality rate of 194.3 per 100,000 is 4 percent higher than the national average.
RTI, a research firm specializing in the areas of health, education and advanced technology, is compiling the data. DNREC and DHSS will announce preliminary results in spring 2012, with the final report available by March 2013.
DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf said the study "will provide the baseline as we move forward in our continuing fight against cancer and chronic diseases across the state and in the Millsboro area in particular."
Thirty-two Millsboro residents volunteered for the stud and agreed to place air pollution monitors inside and outside their homes and to wear personal air monitoring devices.
The study also includes comprehensive outdoor air quality sampling at fixed site monitors in the community. These area-wide samples will be compared to air samples taken directly outside and inside participant's homes. The data will help identify air toxins from local sources, as well as from sources outside of Delaware.
"This study takes a new approach to the way we collect and analyze information about our environment and public health," said DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara, the press release stated. "Our existing air quality monitoring network is very extensive. However, this study uses a significantly different type of air monitoring than we have ever done evaluating outdoor and indoor air quality in the Millsboro area and comparing the results to exposures of the study volunteers.
The first phase of the pilot body burden research study that a top Delaware health official said will help Delawareans as they make health decisions has been completed.
Delaware's Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control completed the first phase for the Millsboro area in collaboration with Research Triangle Institute.
Funded by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and DNREC, the study "is an important first step in the expanded analysis of air quality and environmental exposure levels in humans and the factors that may contribute to a higher than average rate of cancer and other respiratory illnesses in the area," according to a press release from the Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Sampling for the study's first phase was conducted in October. Second-phase sample will be done in October and November 2012.
From 2002 to 2006, the state's five-year average cancer incidence rate was 507 per 100,000 residents, or about 9.5 percent higher than the national average of 462.9 per 100,000. Delaware's mortality rate of 194.3 per 100,000 is 4 percent higher than the national average.
RTI, a research firm specializing in the areas of health, education and advanced technology, is compiling the data. DNREC and DHSS will announce preliminary results in spring 2012, with the final report available by March 2013.
DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf said the study "will provide the baseline as we move forward in our continuing fight against cancer and chronic diseases across the state and in the Millsboro area in particular."
Thirty-two Millsboro residents volunteered for the stud and agreed to place air pollution monitors inside and outside their homes and to wear personal air monitoring devices.
The study also includes comprehensive outdoor air quality sampling at fixed site monitors in the community. These area-wide samples will be compared to air samples taken directly outside and inside participant's homes. The data will help identify air toxins from local sources, as well as from sources outside of Delaware.
"This study takes a new approach to the way we collect and analyze information about our environment and public health," said DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara, the press release stated. "Our existing air quality monitoring network is very extensive. However, this study uses a significantly different type of air monitoring than we have ever done evaluating outdoor and indoor air quality in the Millsboro area and comparing the results to exposures of the study volunteers.
Delaware's Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control completed the first phase for the Millsboro area in collaboration with Research Triangle Institute.
Funded by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and DNREC, the study "is an important first step in the expanded analysis of air quality and environmental exposure levels in humans and the factors that may contribute to a higher than average rate of cancer and other respiratory illnesses in the area," according to a press release from the Division of Public Health and the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Sampling for the study's first phase was conducted in October. Second-phase sample will be done in October and November 2012.
From 2002 to 2006, the state's five-year average cancer incidence rate was 507 per 100,000 residents, or about 9.5 percent higher than the national average of 462.9 per 100,000. Delaware's mortality rate of 194.3 per 100,000 is 4 percent higher than the national average.
RTI, a research firm specializing in the areas of health, education and advanced technology, is compiling the data. DNREC and DHSS will announce preliminary results in spring 2012, with the final report available by March 2013.
DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf said the study "will provide the baseline as we move forward in our continuing fight against cancer and chronic diseases across the state and in the Millsboro area in particular."
Thirty-two Millsboro residents volunteered for the stud and agreed to place air pollution monitors inside and outside their homes and to wear personal air monitoring devices.
The study also includes comprehensive outdoor air quality sampling at fixed site monitors in the community. These area-wide samples will be compared to air samples taken directly outside and inside participant's homes. The data will help identify air toxins from local sources, as well as from sources outside of Delaware.
"This study takes a new approach to the way we collect and analyze information about our environment and public health," said DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara, the press release stated. "Our existing air quality monitoring network is very extensive. However, this study uses a significantly different type of air monitoring than we have ever done evaluating outdoor and indoor air quality in the Millsboro area and comparing the results to exposures of the study volunteers.
