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Victims of sludge composting facility reported skin rashes, nausea, headaches, watery eyes and respiratory
problems --Study found high rates of cervical cancer between 1987 and 1991, but concluded that the sewer
plant could not have contributed to the increase. Rather,smoking, sex at an early age, multiple sex partners
and a certain virus called human papillomavirus, are known to be linked to this type of cancer. Neither
the sewage effluent or sludge is tested for viruses.
Victims of sludge composting facility reported skin rashes, nausea, headaches, watery eyes and respiratory
problems --Study found high rates of cervical cancer between 1987 and 1991, but concluded that the sewer
plant could not have contributed to the increase. Rather,smoking, sex at an early age, multiple sex partners
and a certain virus called human papillomavirus, are known to be linked to this type of cancer. Neither
the sewage effluent or sludge is tested for viruses.
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