Editing Attleboro, Massachusetts (section)

===Cancer cluster===
In late 2003, ''[[The Sun Chronicle]]'' reported that a state investigation had been launched into the deaths of three women in the city from [[Glioblastoma multiforme|glioblastoma]].{{r|SunChronicle_CancerCluster_2004}} In 2007, the State of Massachusetts issued a report concluding that although the diagnosis rate for brain and central nervous system (CNS) cancers was higher than expected when compared to statewide data, the increase was determined not to be statistically significant.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/environmental/investigations/attleboro-2007.pdf | title=Evaluation of Brain & CNS Cancer Incidents in Attleboro, MA 1999–Present | publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts | year=2007 }}</ref>

Scorecard, [[Environmental Defense]]'s online database of polluters, lists seven facilities contributing to cancer hazards in Attleboro, including Engineered Materials Solutions Inc., the worst offender in Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/state-facility-ranks.tcl?fips_state_code=25&type=tep&category=cancer&modifier=NA | title=Facilities Contributing to Cancer Hazards in Massachusetts | publisher=Scorecard | year=2005 | access-date=2007-06-09 | archive-date=November 19, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041119092901/http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/state-facility-ranks.tcl?fips_state_code=25&type=tep&category=cancer&modifier=NA | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Shpack Landfill contamination incident====
In 2002, the Massachusetts Public Health Department was asked to evaluate the former [[Shpack Landfill]], on the border of Norton and Attleboro, for its cancer risks. The investigation continued at least through 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbs4boston.com/iteam/local_story_062160436.html |title=Cancer Clusters |date=March 2, 2004 |publisher=WBZ News (I-Team) |access-date=2007-06-09 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Massey, Joanna |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/01/25/norton_leaders_upset_at_us_delay_on_cleanup?mode=PF |title=Norton leaders upset at US delay on cleanup |date=January 25, 2004 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=2007-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313044840/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/01/25/norton_leaders_upset_at_us_delay_on_cleanup?mode=PF |archive-date=March 13, 2007 }}</ref> The informal landfill included [[Enriched uranium|uranium fuel rods]], heavy metals, and [[volatile organic compounds]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epa.gov/region01/superfund/sites/shpack/ | title=Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England — Shpack Landfill | publisher=US Environmental Protection Agency | date=February 15, 2007 | access-date=2007-06-09}}</ref>