Gravel lots cause cancer


Yet another cancer cause to add to the list.

The sounds of children playing baseball has been silenced at one ball field in this western North Dakota city. Officials fear the ground itself is simply too unsafe.

The ballpark, one of two in this town of about 700 people, is covered with crushed gravel containing erionite, a mineral found in the chalky white rock mined from the nearby Killdeer Mountains.

The rock, used for decades on everything from gravel roads to flower beds, contains fibers that can collect in the lungs of people who breathe it, health officials say.

Steve Way, a federal Environmental Protection Agency coordinator, said studies have shown that erionite causes cancer in lab rats, though the mineral is not regulated by his agency.

How can anyone take these people seriously anymore?


Comments

I heard that cancer causes cancer, too.

Posted by: Da Goddess at April 10, 2008 10:26 AM

The fields where my 8 year old glory was attained were located right next to the sewage treatment facility. If you fouled it off hard on the 3rd base side, it was really, really foul. I believe I'd take my chances on the erionite.

Posted by: Michael at April 11, 2008 8:08 PM

Life causes cancer; the government should tightly regulate it.

Apparently, the unelected leaders in Washington agree.

Posted by: Brian J. at April 20, 2008 5:25 PM
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