along with with Bob Bowcock, they found Fridley has 6 “superfund” sites. A meeting was held where residents could find out more information about what was going on, and a question and answer segment took place.
A Department of Health study found cancer rates were about 7.5 percent above the state average in Fridley. But that was lower than expected.
She’s calling for more testing of old Super Fund sites.
Brockovich says since her group started investigating Fridley, more than 1,000 people who used to live there have emailed saying they have cancer.
These videos were filmed courtesy of Local Edition Productions (dwslocaledition.webs.com).
If you have any stories, cancer cases, or know somebody from Fridley who got cancer, please email Bob Bowcock at bbowcock@irmwater.com. He works with Erin Brockovich and is investigating for her.
Filmed at Fridley High School at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012.