Another child with ties to Fallon (navy) diagnosed with leukemia

[NVMojo]

Hillary Clinton and other Senators conducted a hearing into this issue just a few years ago ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The toddler of a military family with ties to the Fallon area has been diagnosed with childhood leukemia, officials at Naval Air Station Fallon said Monday.

State health officials could not immediately be reached to comment on whether the case is the latest in a childhood leukemia cluster that has stricken the rural farming community 60 miles east of Reno.

Since 1997, 16 children with ties to Fallon have been diagnosed with leukemia. Three have died. In a town the size of Fallon, with about 8,300 residents, just one case of childhood leukemia would be expected in five years, according to health officials.

The latest case involves a 28-month old boy whose father is a Navy hospital corpsman, base officials said.

more....

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/dec/20/122010213.html