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Resident urges county follow-up after report of high local cancer rates
Summary
Pearson resident Lewis Byers told the board he has seen reports that Woodbury County has a high cancer rate and asked whether the county would pursue studies; the chair noted Siouxland District Health will present findings from a multi-county cancer project next Thursday and said he may have follow-up information.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, resident Lewis Byers of Pearson said he and others are concerned by a news report indicating Woodbury County has a high cancer rate and asked whether the county would be proactive in pursuing studies.
Byers said, "We all got people, same concern... are we gonna be proactive in doing studies or anything to why we are so bad throughout our county?" The chair replied that Siouxland District Health is hosting a 99-county cancer project meeting next Thursday at 9 a.m. at UnityPoint; staff will receive results from that effort and the chair said he might be able to provide more information to Byers after the health department session.
The board did not direct staff to begin a county-funded epidemiological study at this meeting; the item was logged as a citizen concern with a note that a regional health agency will present research findings soon.
