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Fifty Years of Studies of the Biology and Therapy of Childhood Leukemia part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Detailed review of changes in the treatment of childhood leukemia.

Resource Type: References
Topics: Health/Cancer Studies

Exposure to Wells G and H in Woburn, Massachusetts part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Important report describing the water supply system and water distribution system operating in Woburn from the early 1960s to 1979, when wells G and H were closed. Appendices include table listing ...

Resource Type: Data, References
Topics: Woburn, Water Supply, Wells, Health/Cancer Studies

Practicing mathematics in the public arena: challenges and outcomes in some prominent cases part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Discussion of how mathematical modeling is used in the public arena using the Woburn Toxic Trial and Nevada Test Site as examples.

Resource Type: References
Topics: Hydrogeology:Computer Modeling, Woburn:Wells G and H Superfund Site, Health/Cancer Studies

Groundwater transport of arsenic and chromium at a historical tannery, Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A. part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Professional article regarding the geochemistry of arsenic and chromium transport at an historic tannery in the Aberjona River watershed.

Resource Type: References
Topics: Pollution Sources, Woburn:Water Supply, Health/Cancer Studies, Hydrogeology:Field Data

Childhood leukemia in Woburn, Massachusetts part of SERC Print Resource Collection
An important report by the investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Health documenting the frequency of childhood leukemias in Woburn compared to other nearby cities and areas.

Resource Type: References
Topics: Woburn:Water Supply, Health/Cancer Studies

A Civil Action part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Poignant book about the contamination of Woburn municipal wells G and H and the lawsuit alleging that the prolonged consumption of the contaminated groundwater by W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods led to ...

Resource Type: References
Topics: Federal Trial, Legal System, Woburn:Water Supply, Health/Cancer Studies, Wells, Pollution Sources


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