From the Denver Post: "The federal government has begun a required but long-delayed comprehensive review of public health in Cañon City as newly found toxic pollution spreads from a shuttered uranium mill.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry launched the review in response to new data and community concerns that pollution may contribute to unexplained ailments including cancer, miscarriages and neurological problems.
"Researchers now are analyzing data in what environmental scientist Teresa Foster called 'the first comprehensive public-health assessment' for the city since the government declared the Cotter Corp. mill an environmental disaster."
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