April 20, 2022

Cancer Clusters in Cohoes Links to Norlite, DOH Data Suggests

Lights Out Norlite held a news conference on April 20 to release data from the New York State Department of Health’s cancer registry showing significantly elevated lung cancer incidence in the areas downwind of Norlite’s operations in Cohoes, which is also the area where Norlite’s carcinogenic dust is distributed. We hear from New York biochemist and cancer researcher Chris Sevinsky, who lives a mile from Norlite.

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