Live near coal ash? 1 in 50 chance of cancer. | MNN - Mother Nature Network

The Bush Administration buried a report by the EPA that came out in 2002 that found that people living near coal ash ponds had a 1 in 50 risk of developing cancer.

Radiation Information About the Odds of Cancer | Radiation Information and Answers

Number of Cancers That Occur over a Lifetime in a Population of One Million People Odds of Cancer (natural occurrence):
Cancer Baseline 420,000*  [1 in 2.4]