SB 380 Maryland Senate Bill Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer
http://openstates.org/md/bills/2013/SB380/
UNPRECEDENTED LEGISLATIVE VICTORY FOR CANCER VICTIMS ACROSS MARYLAND
Annapolis, Md. (Wednesday, May 1, 2013)
- Landmark victory for Frederick residents and a pastor and father of
three as Maryland's Governor prepares to sign a cancer bill into law
this week:
WHAT: Governor Martin O'Malley will sign Cancer Cluster bill SB380E into law.
WHEN: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.
Press Conference immediately following bill signing
(Joint press conference - Senator C. Anthony Muse and Kristen Renee
Foundation and Founder Randy A. White) on the House Steps.
WHERE: Governor's Office
Maryland State House
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
Parking: Hillman Garage, 150 Gorman St., Annapolis, MD 21401 (Between Main St. and Duke of Gloucester). Ask for State House.
Senate
Bill 380 - Requires the department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the
Department of the Environment to head a workgroup including legislators
and representatives, and requires the DHMH to report to the Governor
and Assembly their findings by specific deadlines.
The
Kristen Renee foundation and its leader Randy White, pioneered a cancer
cluster investigation in neighborhoods filled with cancer cases that
are believed to be linked to the Fort Detrick military base and its
toxic waste site known as Area B.
Since
early 2010, Pastor White began tracing his daughter Kristen's brain
cancer and death in 2008 (five years ago this week) to what doctors
claimed to be environmental causation.
When
his children's mother was diagnosed in 2010 with Stage 4 renal cell
carcinoma, and the family's former neighbors from Area B began
contacting White's foundation, the group knew they were in uncharted
territory. As the numbers of families reporting cancer to the Kristen
Renee Foundation escalated into the hundreds, White started reaching out
to senators and congressmen in a plea for legislative support.
Senator
C. Anthony Muse (D) Maryland responded to that plea, soon becoming a
tremendous ally and friend to the Frederick community by helping the
Foundation draft the cancer bill, SB380, now set to be signed into law
by Governor O'Malley on Thursday, May 2nd in Annapolis.
In
a cohesive effort between Senator Muse, Randy White's Kristen Renee
Foundation, Frederick county residents and Representative Ron Young, we
have come through major disputes and adversity, resulting in
unprecedented victory, proving to residents in Maryland that we truly
care for their health and well-being.
Kristen Renee Foundation
www.kristenrenee.org
www.fightingforfrederick.org
www.kristenrenee.org
www.fightingforfrederick.org
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