Fla. health officials to probe cancer cases near recycler

Sep 07, 2012 | 01:18 PM | Daniel Fitzgerald

Tags  King Metal Recycling, Miami-Dade County, cancer cluster, Barbara Jordan, Lillian Rivera, ferrous scrap, nonferrous scrap, Daniel Fitzgerald

NEW YORK — The Florida Department of Health has been asked to investigate a possible cancer cluster near Miami-based King Metal Recycling LLC.

The Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Thursday urging the agency to look into the possibility of an "unusually high" number of cancer cases in the....





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