I read about the rising rate of cancer in Staten Island, New York, which has consistently had the highest amount out of any other borough in New York City. Staten Island had 2,781 cases reported out of 38,838 in New York City, which accounted for 7.16 percent of all New York City cancer incidences even though only account for 5.5 percent of the city’s population. For both males and females rates were high above New York City’s average, males 13.48 percent higher and females 18.53 percent higher. The article then went into describing the different types of cancer present in that area which included: breast, pancreatic, and thyroid, which were all found to be over 10 percent higher than New York City as a whole. They ended the article by discussing various possible causes of these cancer rates, which included high smoking rates, New Jersey pollution, and landfill contamination. A comprehensive third-party study was called upon the landfill to find out what effects the dump...
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