Dr. Madeleine Scammell, PI of the Community Outreach Core, is one of three experts who have volunteered to review a cancer study of residents surrounding the Glendale Road Landfill in Northhampton, Massachusetts. This cancer study, conducted by the Gradient Corporation, examined the cancer rates for 18 types of cancer and concluded that none of these rates were statistically higher in the residents living near the Glendale Road Landfill when compared to the state average. Members of Citizens United for a Healthy Future reached a different conclusion from the study, arguing that the study shows a significantly higher rate of total female cancer within a mile of the landfill when compared to the state average.
Scammell, Dr. Richard Clapp, and Molly Jacobs will review the data from the Gradient study and present their results next month.






