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Heather Stapleton research cited in NC Policy Watch article on a potential thyroid cancer cluster in Iredell County, NC

Published March 22, 2019

NC Policy Watch - "Duke U. scientists to focus on radon, coal ash, flame retardants in Iredell thyroid cancer cluster probe"

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Heather Stapleton work on thyroid cancer clusters cited. NC General Assembly weighing additional research funding for the issue

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Heather Stapleton quoted in articles about Pittsboro, NC and Haw River PFAS Exposure Study Town Hall event

On October 24th, Heather Stapleton’s lab hosted a virtual town hall to present results and implications of a study done in Pittsboro, […]

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Samantha Hall — Duke University Superfund Center’s Community Advisory Board Meeting presentation

Sam Hall, Superfund Center trainee with Project 2, spoke at the Duke University Superfund Center Community Advisory Board’s annual meeting on July […]

Published September 26, 2019

“After my daughter’s cancer diagnosis, I helped discover our town is a cancer hot spot”

Heather Stapleton’s thyroid cancer cluster research featured in op-ed. The author of the article, Susan Wind, contacted Dr. Stapleton after her daughter […]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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