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Group fear cancer hub around Tullamarine tip
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RESIDENTS near a controversial hazardous waste landfill claim the dump has caused hundreds of cancers and potentially 74 deaths.
Terminate Tulla Toxic Dump Action Group also wants current and past residents within a 4km zone around the Tullamarine tip to tell them of any health problems they have had in the past few decades.
They have called for a government inquiry into their claim.
According to anecdotal evidence gathered by the group, up to 74 adults who lived in the zone have died of cancer since about 1995.
The group claims this is four times as many cancer deaths as in the rest of Broadmeadows.
The State Government says it has no plans for a review after the site was given the all-clear in 2006.
Resident Russ, whose son Glen has cancer and whose wife is in remission, said he "wanted answers" from the Environment Protection Authority and Government.
"We've lost a lot of our neighbours, and I also have friends who have cancer, breast cancer, and these are the sort of things people talked about over the years but nothing happened," said Russ, who did not want his surname used.
The EPA commissioned a study in 2006 when residents heavily criticised a proposed expansion.
Westmeadows resident Peter, 53, who also did not want his surname used, said that study included too big an area.
It should have looked at cancer clusters the group had identified, he said.
Acting Premier Rob Hulls said the site was "one of the most studied landfills in Australia" and previous reports showed no health fears.
The Human Services Department will consult experts on any new issues in the group's report, released yesterday.
A previous DHS report found no evidence of higher rates of birth defects or cancers.
But EPA Victoria chief executive officer John Merritt said any community health concerns must be taken seriously.
The EPA closed the landfill, which has benzene and other carcinogenic chemicals, in 2008 after prosecuting the operators for stockpiling waste.
Western Region Environment Centre director Harry Van Moorst, whose group is linked with the residents' group, said the situation was worse now.
"If they don't take this situation seriously this time then I think there will be hell to pay," he said.
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