Comments / Additional Remarks
A page was given for the survey respondents to fill in individual remarks. Following is a summary of those remarks. Responses were edited and paraphrased to remove personal and identifying information, but retain concerns regarding possible causes or factors related to the person's brain cancer.
| OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
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| Cement dust |
| Aerial camera repair work. |
| TV picture tubes |
| Working at INEL; brought home contamination |
| Stress / stressful job |
| Working at Nevada Test Site |
| RESIDENTIAL/MEDICATION/LIFESTYLE |
| High aspirin use |
| Smoking (2 persons) |
| House painting |
| Wild game consumption |
| Another resident of same home with brain cancer; neighbor with cancer |
| COMMUNITY EXPOSURES |
| Lived near mosquito abatement zone |
| Lived near dump site |
| Hunting / fishing |
| Lived whole life near Rexburg |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURES |
| Golf course pesticides (2 persons) |
| Cleaning chemicals |
| Crop dusting / pesticide chemical exposure |
| Strong smells; chlorine gas; paint remover, and amonia |
| Used household chemicals and insect sprays |
| Used paints with hobby |
| GENETIC/MEDICAL CONDITIONS |
| Autism |
| Past electric shock (2 persons) |
| Past trauma to the head (3 persons) |
| Runs in the family / genetic (3 persons) |
| Seizures / medication |
| Past multiple x-rays |
| Possibly born with brain cancer (2 persons) |
One respondent wondered why we did not inquire about brain cancer type on the survey. The CDRI has information on brain cancer type already.