After cancer cases, soil at Berks school tested
READING - The state is testing soil at Muhlenberg High School in Berks County to see whether it contains anything that might cause cancer. State environmental officials spent the week looking for metals, arsenic, or other harmful chemicals. Last year, the Reading Eagle reported that cancer had been diagnosed in more than a dozen residents of Muhlenberg younger than 30. All but one reportedly attended the high school. - AP
READING - The state is testing soil at Muhlenberg High School in Berks County to see whether it contains anything that might cause cancer.
State environmental officials spent the week looking for metals, arsenic, or other harmful chemicals. Last year, the Reading Eagle reported that cancer had been diagnosed in more than a dozen residents of Muhlenberg younger than 30. All but one reportedly attended the high school.
- AP