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Science Friday > Archives > 2001 > July > July 27, 2001:
Hour One: DMCA Arrest / Investigating 'Cancer Clusters'

Residents of Fallon, Nevada learned this week how the government plans to investigate an unexplained rash of cases of childhood leukemia around their town. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about 'cancer clusters' and the challenges scientists face when investigating their causes. Plus, the intersection of copyright law, a Russian programmer, and the FBI -- the strange case of Dimitry Sklyarov.

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Guests:
Robin Gross
Staff Attorney for Intellectual Property
Electronic Frontier Foundation
San Francisco, California

David Ozonoff
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Raymond Neutra
Chief, Division of Environmental & Occupational Disease Control
California Department of Health Services
Oakland, California

Mary Guinan
Nevada State Health Officer
Carson City, Nevada

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Related Links:

CDC | Cancer Registries
Guidelines for Investigating Clusters of Health Events
Scientific American: Sidebar: What Causes Cancer?: 9/96
Cancer Facts and Cancer Clusters
ATSDR GATHER MapServer
Health-Track.org: Your Health...Your Community...Your Right to Know
Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project
Cancer Facts and Cancer Clusters

USDOJ press release
Electronic Frontier Foundation
U.S. Code -- Title 17 - Copyright
DCMA summary (Library of Congress) (PDF file)
FreeDimitrySklyarov.org

This segment produced by: Charles Bergquist