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THYROID CANCER VICTIM TO DISCUSS
‘CHILDREN AND CANCER IN EAST LYME’

For Immediate Release: July 28, 2005
Contact: Nancy Burton Tel. 203.938.3952

NIANTIC - The Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone will present a
discussion on
“Children and Cancer in East Lyme� on Monday, August 1, 2005 at the East
Lyme
Library from 6 to 8 P.M.

The featured speaker will be Rachel Heaton, 27, who spent part of her
childhood in
East Lyme and was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer at age 25. The
cancer is
believed induced by radiation exposure.

Rachel has undergone three surgeries to remove the cancerous growth which
her
physicians say is unknown in the medical literature apart from studies of
victims of the
1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion. The cancer is still active.

When she was ten years old, Rachel lived in the Attawan Beach area of
Niantic where
she frequently swam and sunbathed.

Rachel is conducting a health survey among residents of the Niantic area
and filming a
documentary exploring the link between cancer incidences and exposure to
Millstone
radiological and chemical releases.

The presentation is part of the Coalition’s “Clean Beaches - Close
Millstone�
campaign jointly sponsored by the Connecticut chapter of the Sierra Club.

The Coalition is campaigning to alert residents of the shoreline
communities
surrounding Millstone to the health risks of exposure to the dozens of nuclear
waste
byproducts - including cesium-137, strontium-90 and iodine-131 - which Millstone
routinely releases to the air and water.
Thanks Agnes, All Parents need to see this, Bill Hope4Kids2