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Cancer & Financial Burden If approved, the proposed Blythe Recycling and Demolition Site will cause cancer and financial burden! ...How? Here are the facts: Number of people in Schuylkill County who currently have cancer:  5,017 Projected number of new cancer cases in Schuylkill County in 2004:  965 PA Department of Health study on Pottstown landfill cancer incidences; percentage of cancer increase caused by landfill:  1.17% American Society of Clinical Oncology average cost of cancer treatment per person, per month (including initial, secondary, palliative care, and treatment failure):  $6448.25 American Society of Clinical Oncology average indirect costs of cancer per person, per month (absence and Short-term Disability):  $945.00 American Society of Clinical Oncology total average cost of cancer per person, per month (total of above two figures):  $7393.25 American Society of Clinical Oncology average annual cost of cancer per person:  $88,719.00 Number of estimated cancer cases caused by the Blythe township landfill over 29 years of operation:  327.4 Total cost for all people diagnosed with cancer caused by the landfill to battle cancer for 1 year:  $29,046,600.00 Total cost for all people diagnosed with cancer caused by the landfill to battle cancer for 5 years:  $145,233,000.00 * This research does not include medical and indirect costs for other dangers such as miscarriages, brain damage, weakening of the bones and joints, bronchial diseases, cancer cases beyond 29 years, and many other medical conditions proven to have been caused by this type of landfill.

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