Scientists found the link. Officials buried the study. Three counties are still waiting.
Internal EPA documents reveal a coordinated effort to suppress a 2021 groundwater study linking industrial runoff to cancer rates 2.3 times the national average in three rural counties.
Internal documents obtained through FOIA reveal agency scientists were ordered to suppress findings linking industrial runoff to elevated cancer rates in three rural counties.
Ordered the Harlan County groundwater study held within 12 days of its completion. Directed scientists to "revise methodology" and "reconsider causal framing."
