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Tree rings show elevated tungsten coincides with Nevada leukemia cluster

Tungsten began increasing in trees in Fallon, Nev. several years before the town's rise in childhood leukemia cases, according to a research team led by Paul R. Sheppard of the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. This is the first study that has examined changes in levels of heavy metals in Fallon over time.

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