Study: Residents Near Rocky Flats Experienced Unusual Illnesses

By Andrea Flores and Jeff Todd
DENVER (CBS4)– Preliminary results from a Metropolitan State University study show residents who lived near the Rocky Flats Plant between 1952 and 1992 may have experienced unusual illnesses, including specific cancers linked to radiation exposure.
The early results may confirm decades-long speculations about the effects of living in communities near the former nuclear production facility.
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MSU’s Head Investigator, Carol Jensen, s