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To: "Sen. Haskell, Will”
Cc: “Romanowicz, Alexander”
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Elinore Carmody
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917 796 1894
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On Oct 8, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Sen. Haskell, Will wrote:
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To: Elinore
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I'm glad to hear that it's starting to trickle down! Any new details from the presecutor on next
steps? Tong's job is essentially to defend the Department of Agriculture if (ar when) Nancy takes
them to court. In order to get the state to act more expeditiously, | think we need to continue
appealing to the Commissioner rather than the AG.
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Studies by another activist group have found strontium in the baby teeth of Fairfield
County children.
Fueling the argument is the fact that many cancer rates in Fairfield County, downwind
of Indian Point, are higher than national averages.
Perhaps most strikingly, the county's rate of thyroid cancer is well above the national
average. Exposure to radiation is a risk factor for thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer rates
in New York counties near Indian Point are also much higher than the national average.
Overall cancer rates in Fairfield County also exceed national averages. 7 Q L
One example cited by activists is that according to state statistics, 62 cases of cancer
were diagnosed from 2001 to 2005 in patients 19 and younger in Stamford and
Greenwich -- representing an incidence 40 percent higher than the national rate for
such cases. The state does not dispute those numbers, but adds that in a later set of
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Gail Merrill of New Canaan blames Indian Point for her own breast cancer.
"I've lost track of how many women in Fairfield County are dead from breast cancer,”
Merrill says. "The people who live in these wealthier towns think they are safe. But |
can tell you ... it's a big problem. Indian Point has to be shut down."
Many experts would discount Merrill's claims regarding the cause of her cancer. For
most cancers, there is no way to conclusively prove -- or disprove -- radiation as a
cause. But the Fairfield County cancer statistics continue to attract attention.
Nuclear-industry advocates dismiss the activists’ studies here and elsewhere as "junk
science," but across the country challenges are increasing from scientists armed with
new data showing that cancer rates in children and adults increase regionally when
nuclear plants begin producing electricity.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has insisted for the past two decades that there
is no connection between the nation's 104 nuclear power plants and cancer. That
position is based on a 1991 study by the National Cancer Institute that found no fink.
But earlier this year, the NRC asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a
new study, to be carried out over the next three years.
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THE TOOTH FAIRY
In 2008, the Radiation and Public Health Project, a non-profit antinuclear group fronted
by celebrities including Christie Brinkley and Alec Baldwin, published a study that
linked higher-than-average cancer rates in Fairfield County to the Indian Point plant. It
was a surprising allegation considering both the NRC's position that nuclear plants do
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not cause cancer and the quality medical care available in the comparatively affluent
area of lower Fairfield County.
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also contaminate reactor parts and fluids. Large amounts of strontium 90 were
produced during atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted in the 1950s and
1960s and dispersed worldwide.”
The body absorbs strontium in a similar way to calcium, and the isotope has been
linked to bone marrow cancer and leukemia.
An RPHP study found that SR-90 levels in baby teeth had increased steadily since the
1980s in areas around seven U.S. nuclear plants, including Indian Point.
In 2008, the RPHP focused its attention on Fairfield County and found that:
- The southwestern portion of Fairfield County, which is downwind from Indian Point,
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has the county's highest incidence of cancer.
- The recent cancer incidence in Fairfield County was 8 percent and 7 percent above
the U.S. rate for males and females, respectively.
- The Fairfield County cancer death rate for those under 25 was 4 percent above the
U.S. rate.
~ Levels of SR-90 in found Fairfield County baby teeth were the highest in the New York
metropolitan area, with the exception of the New York counties closest to Indian Point.
The RPHP also reported that between 1998 and 2002, the cancer incidence in Fairfield
County was 8.2 percent above the national average for males and 6.7 percent above
the national average for females.
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between 2003 and 2007 was 14.5 cases per 100,000 people while the national rate is
10.2 cases per 100,000 people.
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Putnam, Rockland and Westchester -- over that period was 66 percent above the U.S.
average, RPHP reported in a 2009 paper. Before Indian Point was built in the 1970s, the
rate was in line with national averages, RPHP said.
"The Indian Point area is constantly being bombarded with routine and accidental
releases of radiation,” said Susan Shapiro, a board member of the environmental
advocacy group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.
"The only major known cause of [thyroid cancer] is exposure to radioactive iodine,
which is emitted into the air by nuclear plants,” said Joseph Mangano, Executive
Director of the RPHP, which published its conclusions in the International Journal of
Health Services.
The Connecticut Department of Health was more equivocal, saying that "risk factors
for thyroid cancer include exposure to therapeutic radiation, radioactive fallout from
nuclear weapons and power plants, family history, being female and being over 45
years old."
State records show that the thyroid cancer rate among Connecticut women is highest
in Fairfield and New London counties. The Millstone nuclear plant is located in New
London County.
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Between 2003 and 2007, Connecticut's overall rate of thyroid cancer was 14.5 cases
per 100,000 people, compared to the national rate of 10.2 cases per 100,000 people.
"Having one or more risk factors does not mean that a person will get thyroid cancer.
Most people who have risk factors never develop cancer, and the exact cause of most
thyroid cancers is not yet known,” the health department said in response to questions.
The health department acknowledged that thyroid cancer rates in Connecticut are
higher than the U.S. average, although officials said the death rate remains low. The
department attributed that in part to improved detection methods.
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Sara Richer. an otolarvnaoloaist and head and neck suraeon at St. Vincent's Medi.
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"Radiation is a cause of thyroid cancer. | can't point to the plant but if it's giving off
tadiation that's a risk factor. This is more than just getting more CT scans. | am
absolutely concerned. Nuclear radiation is a cause of thyroid cancer,” Richer said.
MOTHERS’ MILK
Nancy Burton, an attorney who has lobbied for more than 20 years to close the
Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, has been quietly collecting milk samples in the
area around Indian Point, from human mothers, as well as cows and goats.
Burton first became interested in the milk issue in 2002 after discovering that the state
Department of Environmental Protection had detected strontium 90 levels in milk
from a goat named Katie, which had grazed on land about eight miles from the
Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford. One test found 55 picocuries per liter of
SR-90 in Katie’s milk and Burton went public with the information, claiming the results
were proof that Millstone was emitting dangerous radiation.
The DEP commissioned a study to explain the "Katie" results and concluded that the
SR-90 came from either above-ground testing of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and
early 1960s or the Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown in the late 1980s. The study
pointed out that other radioactive isotopes would also have to be present in Katie's
milk if the source was Millstone. The DEP added the levels were far below those
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deemed unsafe by government agencies.
"Millstone is not the source of radionuclides in these samples,” the DEP said.
Burton found a counter to that argument: She began testing for SR-89 as well as SR-
80.
While both SR-90 and SR-89 are radioactive isotopes, they have different half-lives,
which is the amount of time it takes for the radiation to decay or disappear. SR-90 has
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a half-life of 30 years, which means half of the material decays within 30 years an’ y f
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That means Chernobyl and atmospheric testing cannot credibly be considered sources
of SR-89.
The so-called Mothers’ Milk Project has detected low levels of both SR-90 and SR-89
in scores of samples of milk from humans and animals. Burton believes the results are
a smoking gun pointing directly at radioactive releases from Indian Point.
“Where else could it come from?” Burton said, noting strontium is only produced during
nuclear fission.
Burton’s testing found a range of levels. For example, a 2011 test on milk from a goat
at her Redding farm showed 2.1 picocuries per liter of SR-89. Annother test the same
C year found .4 picocuries of SR-89. A 2009 test of milk from a human mother in Orange
County, N.Y., showed 3.3 picocuries of SR-89 and a 2008 test of a Dutchess County,
N.Y., goat's milk found 5 picocuries per liter.
A picocurie is a measurement of radiation. One curie is the number of disintegrations
associated with the decay of one gram of radium, and a picocurie is one trillionth of a
curie.
While the test results show SR-89, many of the amounts are below "detectable levels,
meaning some would interpret them to be "background noise" created as29 of the
testing process. Some, however, were above detectable levels
“SR-89 is very significant because of the half-life,” said Ira Helfand, a a presi2.
Physicians for Social Responsibility and an expert in the dangers of nuclear weapons
and nuclear power. "It's hard to blame those results on testing or Chernobyl. If the tests
are accurate, there has been some release of SR-89. That's kind of striking.”
Helfand agreed that SR-90 remains in the air from above-ground testing and the
Chernoby! disaster, both of which poured dangerous amounts into the air that are still
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drinking the milk, especially from lactating mothers, could be at risk, he said.
David Lochbaum, a member of the Union for Concerned Scientists, said it's hard to
argue that the SR-89 being detected is the result of decades old weapons testing or
Chernobyl. "SR-89 is time stamped. It can't come from something in the 1960s," he
said.
That doesn't mean it definitely comes from Indian Point, although it could, Lochbaum
said, adding that other aging reactors in the Northeast could be the culprits.
"During the fallout pattern after Chernobyl, some areas 30 miles away received less
contamination than areas 100 miles away. It depends on which way the wind blows,”
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Patricia Milligan, a health physicist at the NRC, says that while it's likely that some, if
not most, of the Mother's Milk numbers are "background noise,” she's “interested” in
the results, and added that it was the first report she'd received of SR-89 being found
near a nuclear plant.
Milligan said that even in the samples in which it is reasonable to assume that
strontium has been found, the amounts are too low to be harmful.
“It would take thousands of gallons consumed at these levels to get to the same level
of exposure that you get flying from Los Angeles to New York City,” Milligan said.
Still, she said, "| appreciate her looking at this. | would like to see more results and we
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are interested in following up on these things.”
Burton's testing was done by a certified laboratory in another state. Burton released
test results to Hearst Connecticut Media Group on the condition that the lab would not
be identified until Burton's group makes an official announcement of the study's
results, which is expected shortly.
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"This fact should surprise many, as Greenwich and Stamford children should
be
healthier than those in other areas,” Mangano said. "The existence of this cluster
in
Greenwich and Stamford suggests that radioactive emissions from Indian
Point may
be playing a role," Mangano said.
RPHP says it found similar cancer spikes in counties nearest the Seabro
ok nuclear
power plant in New Hampshire and Vermont Yankee. Cancer rates in Rockin
gham
County, N.H., where the Seabrook nuclear power plant is located, were
found to be the
highest of all 10 New Hampshire counties and the county rate for thyroid
cancer was
23 percent above the U.S. rate.
In Vermont, the RPHP said state health department statistics showe
d that the cancer
death rate in Windham County, where the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
is located, was
five percent below the national average when the plant was built
three decades ago
and is now 10 percent higher.
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the Connecticut
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Department of Public Health, in a written response, said the
incidence of the most
| common cancers -- breast, lung, colorectal and bladder cancer
-- in Fairfield County is
“not statistically significantly different” than the state rate. Howev
er, the department
said, the incidence of prostate cancer among males in Fairfi
eld County is "statistically
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significantly higher” than the state rate. <¢
The department acknowledged that “the incidence ... of all invasi
ve cancers in the U.S.
is statistically significantly lower than the rates of both Fairfi
eld County and the State
of Connecticut.”
Overall, the Connecticut health department notedthat
cancer rates in the nine
Northeastern states, including New York, are higher than
the U.S. rate for the most
common cancers.
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the NRC said.
The Nuclear Energy Institute, which is closely allied to the nuclear industry, called the
RPHP's work “junk science.”
"For several decades, a small group of activists has tried to instill fear in the public that
a substance called strontium 90 is evidence that low levels of radiation released from
nuclear power plants causes cancer and other health problems in nearby residents,”
the NEI said.
"Since the claims first surfaced some 30 years ago, they have been dismissed
continuously by mainstream scientists as scare tactics and “junk science,’ contributing
C nothing to finding the real causes of cancer. They are instead manipulations of the
public without any basis in science,” the NEI said.
Strontium has also been found in the bones of fish caught in the Hudson River near
Indian Point and the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. In both
cases, officials attributed the SR-90 to Chernobyl and years of above-ground weapons
testing.
"It's frustrating,” said Margo Schepart, co-founder of the Indian Point Safe Energy
Coalition.
“I think these plants are emitting more than they admit.”
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
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CHARLES A. DELLAROCCO
AUGUST 13, 2010
BEFORE THE HONORABLE PATRICK J. CLIFFORD, JUDGE
APPEARANCES ::
Representing the State:
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ATTORNEY BARBARA HOFFMAN
ATTORNEY BRIAN KENNEDY
Assistant State’s Attorney
One Court Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Representing the Defendant:
SELF-REPRESENTED PARTY
Recorded by:
Jean Patrizzi
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Transcribed By:
Dana Wilson
Court Recording Monitor
One Court Street
Middletown, CT 06457
ATTY. HOFFMAN: Charles Dellarocco, Line 24 on
the regular docket.
THE DEFENDANT: Your Honor.
THE COURT: Sir.
ATTY. HOFFMAN: Down for second stage of the
Accelerated Rehabilitation Program.
THE CLERK: I do not have a report from
probation.
THE COURT: They don’t have the report from
10 probation saying whether you’re eligible. Do you
11 want to go upstairs to the fourth floor and tell them
12 we need that?
13 THE DEFENDANT: Certainly, Your Honor.
14 THE COURT: Thank you. We’1l pass it.
15 (Unrelated matters heard then resume.)
16 ATTY. KENNEDY: Charles Dellarocco, Line 24.
17 That was passed earlier. Attorney Hoffman spoke with
18 probation who indicted that he is eligible for
19 accelerated rehabilitation.
20 THE COURT: All right. Facts.
21 ATTY. KENNEDY: July 30th, 2009 a complaint was
22 made from a Cheryl Lynch who indicated the defendant
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24 List, and in doing so forged a bill of sale from
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yourself on this. I mean, I’ll grant the accelerated
rehabilitation.
Do you have any recommendation for the period or
anything?
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12 THE COURT: All right. I’1l just put you on
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15 THE DEFENDANT: That’s fine, Your Honor.
16 THE COURT: Just pay the cost of the program and
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CHARLES A. DELLAROCCO
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and
correct transcription of the audio recording of the above-
referenced case, heard in Superior Court, Judicial District
of Middlesex, Middletown, Connecticut, before the Honorable
Patrick J. Clifford, Judge, on the 13th day of August 2010.
Dated this day of
in Middletown, Connecticut.
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BEFORE THE HONORABLE LISA K. MORGAN, JUDGE
APPEARANCES:
Representing the Plaintiff:
ATTORNEY JEFFREY DOSKOS
State Attorney’s Office
One Court Street
Middletown, CT 06457
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Representing the Defendant:
Self-Represented Party
Recorded By:
Jean R. Patrizzi
Transcribed By:
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Court Recording Monitor
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THE CLERK: It is successful.
THE COURT: Good morning, Mr. Dellarocco, you
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THE DEFENDANT: Thank you, Your Honor.
THE COURT: You are free to go. You’ re welcome
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CHARLES A. DELAROCCO MAY 13, 2011
CERTIFICATION
I, hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and
correct transcription of the audio recording of the above
eferenced case, heard in Superior Court, Judicial District of
Middlesex, Middletown, Connecticut, before the Honorable Lisa K
Murphy, Judge, on the 13 day of May, 2011.
Dated this 16t day of November 2021 in Middletown,
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NANCY BURTON J.D. OF DANBURY
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JULIA PEMBERTON, FIRST SELECTMAN OCTOBER 7, 2019
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DEFENDANTS
AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL DELUCA, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER,
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held this position in 2012 and to the present time.
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Redding owned by Nancy Burton together with a representative from the Connecticut
Department of Agriculture.
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Ms. Burton about adequate shelter for the animals.
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caused
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Pe t Click to Download t 1 IMG_1612.mov 0 bytes Elinore Carmod, Cabana US Sales Director 917 786 1894 ‘Sent from my iPhone Elinore Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 7:38 AM To: "Sen. Haskell, Will” Cc: “Romanowicz, Alexander” Hi Will, ind I spoke to the prosecutorai =~ ste, Pemberton about this yesterday. Steve Stafstrom, the Town lawyer, ig tying to dita’ -a sgaroh wargnt for-thé pro 1 would really appreciate you keeping the pressure on the State as | think it's starting to trickle down. | am curious about the reaction you received (or lack thereof) from Tong's office? Thanks and let me know. Good luck in November. | think you are going to win. Best, Elinore Elinore Carmody Cabana US Sales Director 917 796 1894 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Sen. Haskell, Will wrote: {Quoted text hidden] Sen. Haskell, Will Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:14 AM To: Elinore Co: "Romanowicz, Alexander" I'm glad to hear that it's starting to trickle down! Any new details from the presecutor on next steps? Tong's job is essentially to defend the Department of Agriculture if (ar when) Nancy takes them to court. In order to get the state to act more expeditiously, | think we need to continue appealing to the Commissioner rather than the AG. on™ * az as Bu = g& ao = | t pa ria ray 2 = a a colleen a ke ae 4 A: iB 0 inal ee ed Coen) S = M4 <= = an Be aad iy © PZ Parddld eZy a a0 es Ss ems LO) am oe Bf rod ~Q) 12/18/2019, The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate goats, cows and humans. Theresults, expected tobe released within weeks, were . x C ” ” - Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us C Studies by another activist group have found strontium in the baby teeth of Fairfield County children. Fueling the argument is the fact that many cancer rates in Fairfield County, downwind of Indian Point, are higher than national averages. Perhaps most strikingly, the county's rate of thyroid cancer is well above the national average. Exposure to radiation is a risk factor for thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer rates in New York counties near Indian Point are also much higher than the national average. Overall cancer rates in Fairfield County also exceed national averages. 7 Q L One example cited by activists is that according to state statistics, 62 cases of cancer were diagnosed from 2001 to 2005 in patients 19 and younger in Stamford and Greenwich -- representing an incidence 40 percent higher than the national rate for such cases. The state does not dispute those numbers, but adds that in a later set of 12/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate years, 2004 to 2008, the occurrence of such cancers in Stamford and Greenwich is x _ . . . Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us ’ we Gail Merrill of New Canaan blames Indian Point for her own breast cancer. "I've lost track of how many women in Fairfield County are dead from breast cancer,” Merrill says. "The people who live in these wealthier towns think they are safe. But | can tell you ... it's a big problem. Indian Point has to be shut down." Many experts would discount Merrill's claims regarding the cause of her cancer. For most cancers, there is no way to conclusively prove -- or disprove -- radiation as a cause. But the Fairfield County cancer statistics continue to attract attention. Nuclear-industry advocates dismiss the activists’ studies here and elsewhere as "junk science," but across the country challenges are increasing from scientists armed with new data showing that cancer rates in children and adults increase regionally when nuclear plants begin producing electricity. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has insisted for the past two decades that there is no connection between the nation's 104 nuclear power plants and cancer. That position is based on a 1991 study by the National Cancer Institute that found no fink. But earlier this year, the NRC asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a new study, to be carried out over the next three years. 29) THE TOOTH FAIRY In 2008, the Radiation and Public Health Project, a non-profit antinuclear group fronted by celebrities including Christie Brinkley and Alec Baldwin, published a study that linked higher-than-average cancer rates in Fairfield County to the Indian Point plant. It was a surprising allegation considering both the NRC's position that nuclear plants do ¢ ~ not cause cancer and the quality medical care available in the comparatively affluent area of lower Fairfield County. Witinesthananas mtn boreal dese Indian Pm os pats dante Os sawanne en aun € 12/18/2019, ‘The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate The study continued earlier work by the RPHP which found startling levels of stror_ x Anan an noe wo uo » . ' 1 nee 1 Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us - also contaminate reactor parts and fluids. Large amounts of strontium 90 were produced during atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted in the 1950s and 1960s and dispersed worldwide.” The body absorbs strontium in a similar way to calcium, and the isotope has been linked to bone marrow cancer and leukemia. An RPHP study found that SR-90 levels in baby teeth had increased steadily since the 1980s in areas around seven U.S. nuclear plants, including Indian Point. In 2008, the RPHP focused its attention on Fairfield County and found that: - The southwestern portion of Fairfield County, which is downwind from Indian Point, N ~~ has the county's highest incidence of cancer. - The recent cancer incidence in Fairfield County was 8 percent and 7 percent above the U.S. rate for males and females, respectively. - The Fairfield County cancer death rate for those under 25 was 4 percent above the U.S. rate. ~ Levels of SR-90 in found Fairfield County baby teeth were the highest in the New York metropolitan area, with the exception of the New York counties closest to Indian Point. The RPHP also reported that between 1998 and 2002, the cancer incidence in Fairfield County was 8.2 percent above the national average for males and 6.7 percent above the national average for females. x - C According to the national tumor registry, the thyroid cancer rate in Connecticut between 2003 and 2007 was 14.5 cases per 100,000 people while the national rate is 10.2 cases per 100,000 people. 12/18/2019, The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate The RPHP, using 2001 2005 data from the Us. Centers for Disease Control and x - -~ - - Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us - wegt eee eeeee ne mee ree ee een - - wee ~ 2 a - - wes Putnam, Rockland and Westchester -- over that period was 66 percent above the U.S. average, RPHP reported in a 2009 paper. Before Indian Point was built in the 1970s, the rate was in line with national averages, RPHP said. "The Indian Point area is constantly being bombarded with routine and accidental releases of radiation,” said Susan Shapiro, a board member of the environmental advocacy group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. "The only major known cause of [thyroid cancer] is exposure to radioactive iodine, which is emitted into the air by nuclear plants,” said Joseph Mangano, Executive Director of the RPHP, which published its conclusions in the International Journal of Health Services. The Connecticut Department of Health was more equivocal, saying that "risk factors for thyroid cancer include exposure to therapeutic radiation, radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons and power plants, family history, being female and being over 45 years old." State records show that the thyroid cancer rate among Connecticut women is highest in Fairfield and New London counties. The Millstone nuclear plant is located in New London County. 2I & Between 2003 and 2007, Connecticut's overall rate of thyroid cancer was 14.5 cases per 100,000 people, compared to the national rate of 10.2 cases per 100,000 people. "Having one or more risk factors does not mean that a person will get thyroid cancer. Most people who have risk factors never develop cancer, and the exact cause of most thyroid cancers is not yet known,” the health department said in response to questions. The health department acknowledged that thyroid cancer rates in Connecticut are higher than the U.S. average, although officials said the death rate remains low. The department attributed that in part to improved detection methods. he. 42/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate - Sara Richer. an otolarvnaoloaist and head and neck suraeon at St. Vincent's Medi. Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us "Radiation is a cause of thyroid cancer. | can't point to the plant but if it's giving off tadiation that's a risk factor. This is more than just getting more CT scans. | am absolutely concerned. Nuclear radiation is a cause of thyroid cancer,” Richer said. MOTHERS’ MILK Nancy Burton, an attorney who has lobbied for more than 20 years to close the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, has been quietly collecting milk samples in the area around Indian Point, from human mothers, as well as cows and goats. Burton first became interested in the milk issue in 2002 after discovering that the state Department of Environmental Protection had detected strontium 90 levels in milk from a goat named Katie, which had grazed on land about eight miles from the Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford. One test found 55 picocuries per liter of SR-90 in Katie’s milk and Burton went public with the information, claiming the results were proof that Millstone was emitting dangerous radiation. The DEP commissioned a study to explain the "Katie" results and concluded that the SR-90 came from either above-ground testing of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and early 1960s or the Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown in the late 1980s. The study pointed out that other radioactive isotopes would also have to be present in Katie's milk if the source was Millstone. The DEP added the levels were far below those Az deemed unsafe by government agencies. "Millstone is not the source of radionuclides in these samples,” the DEP said. Burton found a counter to that argument: She began testing for SR-89 as well as SR- 80. While both SR-90 and SR-89 are radioactive isotopes, they have different half-lives, which is the amount of time it takes for the radiation to decay or disappear. SR-90 has 12/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate a half-life of 30 years, which means half of the material decays within 30 years an’ y f C ro 1 ' nn Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us That means Chernobyl and atmospheric testing cannot credibly be considered sources of SR-89. The so-called Mothers’ Milk Project has detected low levels of both SR-90 and SR-89 in scores of samples of milk from humans and animals. Burton believes the results are a smoking gun pointing directly at radioactive releases from Indian Point. “Where else could it come from?” Burton said, noting strontium is only produced during nuclear fission. Burton’s testing found a range of levels. For example, a 2011 test on milk from a goat at her Redding farm showed 2.1 picocuries per liter of SR-89. Annother test the same C year found .4 picocuries of SR-89. A 2009 test of milk from a human mother in Orange County, N.Y., showed 3.3 picocuries of SR-89 and a 2008 test of a Dutchess County, N.Y., goat's milk found 5 picocuries per liter. A picocurie is a measurement of radiation. One curie is the number of disintegrations associated with the decay of one gram of radium, and a picocurie is one trillionth of a curie. While the test results show SR-89, many of the amounts are below "detectable levels, meaning some would interpret them to be "background noise" created as29 of the testing process. Some, however, were above detectable levels “SR-89 is very significant because of the half-life,” said Ira Helfand, a a presi2. Physicians for Social Responsibility and an expert in the dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear power. "It's hard to blame those results on testing or Chernobyl. If the tests are accurate, there has been some release of SR-89. That's kind of striking.” Helfand agreed that SR-90 remains in the air from above-ground testing and the Chernoby! disaster, both of which poured dangerous amounts into the air that are still 12/18/2019, The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate being detected today. Above-ground testing was ended in the 1960s after large sp C rani an . 1 Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us - - drinking the milk, especially from lactating mothers, could be at risk, he said. David Lochbaum, a member of the Union for Concerned Scientists, said it's hard to argue that the SR-89 being detected is the result of decades old weapons testing or Chernobyl. "SR-89 is time stamped. It can't come from something in the 1960s," he said. That doesn't mean it definitely comes from Indian Point, although it could, Lochbaum said, adding that other aging reactors in the Northeast could be the culprits. "During the fallout pattern after Chernobyl, some areas 30 miles away received less contamination than areas 100 miles away. It depends on which way the wind blows,” - ¢ Lochbaum said. Patricia Milligan, a health physicist at the NRC, says that while it's likely that some, if not most, of the Mother's Milk numbers are "background noise,” she's “interested” in the results, and added that it was the first report she'd received of SR-89 being found near a nuclear plant. Milligan said that even in the samples in which it is reasonable to assume that strontium has been found, the amounts are too low to be harmful. “It would take thousands of gallons consumed at these levels to get to the same level of exposure that you get flying from Los Angeles to New York City,” Milligan said. Still, she said, "| appreciate her looking at this. | would like to see more results and we a are interested in following up on these things.” Burton's testing was done by a certified laboratory in another state. Burton released test results to Hearst Connecticut Media Group on the condition that the lab would not be identified until Burton's group makes an official announcement of the study's results, which is expected shortly. hen, 12/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate C concerns over children Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us "This fact should surprise many, as Greenwich and Stamford children should be healthier than those in other areas,” Mangano said. "The existence of this cluster in Greenwich and Stamford suggests that radioactive emissions from Indian Point may be playing a role," Mangano said. RPHP says it found similar cancer spikes in counties nearest the Seabro ok nuclear power plant in New Hampshire and Vermont Yankee. Cancer rates in Rockin gham County, N.H., where the Seabrook nuclear power plant is located, were found to be the highest of all 10 New Hampshire counties and the county rate for thyroid cancer was 23 percent above the U.S. rate. In Vermont, the RPHP said state health department statistics showe d that the cancer death rate in Windham County, where the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is located, was five percent below the national average when the plant was built three decades ago and is now 10 percent higher. i Asked to comment on the RPHP findings regarding Connecticut, the Connecticut 1 Department of Public Health, in a written response, said the incidence of the most | common cancers -- breast, lung, colorectal and bladder cancer -- in Fairfield County is “not statistically significantly different” than the state rate. Howev er, the department said, the incidence of prostate cancer among males in Fairfi eld County is "statistically 2 significantly higher” than the state rate. <¢ The department acknowledged that “the incidence ... of all invasi ve cancers in the U.S. is statistically significantly lower than the rates of both Fairfi eld County and the State of Connecticut.” Overall, the Connecticut health department notedthat cancer rates in the nine Northeastern states, including New York, are higher than the U.S. rate for the most common cancers. 12/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvocate "The group claims that radioactive effluents from nuclear power plants are directl) x C wee . Anan 1 ’ oe nanan Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights —- Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us - ate meee poe coer eee were eee oe we eee mee eee we - the NRC said. The Nuclear Energy Institute, which is closely allied to the nuclear industry, called the RPHP's work “junk science.” "For several decades, a small group of activists has tried to instill fear in the public that a substance called strontium 90 is evidence that low levels of radiation released from nuclear power plants causes cancer and other health problems in nearby residents,” the NEI said. "Since the claims first surfaced some 30 years ago, they have been dismissed continuously by mainstream scientists as scare tactics and “junk science,’ contributing C nothing to finding the real causes of cancer. They are instead manipulations of the public without any basis in science,” the NEI said. Strontium has also been found in the bones of fish caught in the Hudson River near Indian Point and the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. In both cases, officials attributed the SR-90 to Chernobyl and years of above-ground weapons testing. "It's frustrating,” said Margo Schepart, co-founder of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition. “I think these plants are emitting more than they admit.” oo LL © 2019 Hearst Communications, Inc. HEARST C 12/18/2019 The nuclear-safety debate hits home - StamfordAdvacate on ms . Advertising Privacy Notice Your California Privacy Rights Interest Based Ads Terms of Use Contact Us - * (> C ‘ M0 9M-CRO9-0189217S SUPERIOR COURT G.A. #9 STATE OF CONNECTICUT Vv. AT MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT CHARLES A. DELLAROCCO AUGUST 13, 2010 BEFORE THE HONORABLE PATRICK J. CLIFFORD, JUDGE APPEARANCES :: Representing the State: \ + ATTORNEY BARBARA HOFFMAN ATTORNEY BRIAN KENNEDY Assistant State’s Attorney One Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 Representing the Defendant: SELF-REPRESENTED PARTY Recorded by: Jean Patrizzi Ya Transcribed By: Dana Wilson Court Recording Monitor One Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 ATTY. HOFFMAN: Charles Dellarocco, Line 24 on the regular docket. THE DEFENDANT: Your Honor. THE COURT: Sir. ATTY. HOFFMAN: Down for second stage of the Accelerated Rehabilitation Program. THE CLERK: I do not have a report from probation. THE COURT: They don’t have the report from 10 probation saying whether you’re eligible. Do you 11 want to go upstairs to the fourth floor and tell them 12 we need that? 13 THE DEFENDANT: Certainly, Your Honor. 14 THE COURT: Thank you. We’1l pass it. 15 (Unrelated matters heard then resume.) 16 ATTY. KENNEDY: Charles Dellarocco, Line 24. 17 That was passed earlier. Attorney Hoffman spoke with 18 probation who indicted that he is eligible for 19 accelerated rehabilitation. 20 THE COURT: All right. Facts. 21 ATTY. KENNEDY: July 30th, 2009 a complaint was 22 made from a Cheryl Lynch who indicated the defendant 23 sold her vehicle using an Internet website, Craig’s 24 List, and in doing so forged a bill of sale from 25 Peter Lynch, her husband, to himself and then sold 26 27 the vehicle suspicious to and another called individual the police. who became Apparently there’s Ab no objection from anybody, the State’s not objecting co on this either, Your Honor. THE COURT: Is there anybody out anything? ATTY. KENNEDY: I don’t believe so. THE COURT: All right. You’ re representing yourself on this. I mean, I’ll grant the accelerated rehabilitation. Do you have any recommendation for the period or anything? 10 ATTY. KENNEDY: Leave it to the Court, Your 11 Honor. 12 THE COURT: All right. I’1l just put you on 13 probation. How about nine months, until May 13, 14 2011. 15 THE DEFENDANT: That’s fine, Your Honor. 16 THE COURT: Just pay the cost of the program and 17 go up and see probation and then it will be 18 dismissed, all right. 19 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 20 THE COURT: Good luck. 21 kk ke 22 23 24 25 26 27 MO9M-CRO9-0189217S SUPERIOR COURT G.A. #9 om STATE OF CONNECTICUT Vv. AT MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT CHARLES A. DELLAROCCO CERTIFICATION I hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and correct transcription of the audio recording of the above- referenced case, heard in Superior Court, Judicial District of Middlesex, Middletown, Connecticut, before the Honorable Patrick J. Clifford, Judge, on the 13th day of August 2010. Dated this day of in Middletown, Connecticut. Dana Wilson Court Recording Monitor Se AW NO: MO9MCRO90189217S SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF CONNECTICUT GA #9 as v AT MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT CHARLES A. DELAROCCO MAY 13, 2011 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HONORABLE LISA K. MORGAN, JUDGE APPEARANCES: Representing the Plaintiff: ATTORNEY JEFFREY DOSKOS State Attorney’s Office One Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 . Representing the Defendant: Self-Represented Party Recorded By: Jean R. Patrizzi Transcribed By: Jean R. Patrizzi Court Recording Monitor One Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 He ATTY. DOSKOS: Charles Dellarocco, this is 30, I oc think, Regular Docket. He’s down for completion, I think of Accelerated Rehabilitation. THE CLERK: It is successful. THE COURT: Good morning, Mr. Dellarocco, you have successfully completed the conditions of The Program, the charges against you are dismissed. THE DEFENDANT: Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: You are free to go. You’ re welcome 10 FI IR Ik ke keke a1 12 13 ~ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 tf 25 . 26 27 NO: MO9MCRO90189217S SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF CONNECTICUT GA #9 v AT MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT CHARLES A. DELAROCCO MAY 13, 2011 CERTIFICATION I, hereby certify the foregoing pages are a true and correct transcription of the audio recording of the above eferenced case, heard in Superior Court, Judicial District of Middlesex, Middletown, Connecticut, before the Honorable Lisa K Murphy, Judge, on the 13 day of May, 2011. Dated this 16t day of November 2021 in Middletown, Connecticut. Jean R. Patrizzi Court Recording Monitor . C. DOCKET NO. DBD-CV-19-5015276 S SUPERIOR COURT NANCY BURTON J.D. OF DANBURY PLAINTIFF Vv. AT DANBURY JULIA PEMBERTON, FIRST SELECTMAN OCTOBER 7, 2019 ET AL DEFENDANTS AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL DELUCA, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, IN SUPPORT OF MOTION IR. Y MENT 1 I, Michael Deluca, am the Animal Control Officer for the Town of Redding. I held this position in 2012 and to the present time. ~ 2. At some time in February 2013, 1 went to the property at 147 Cross Highway in Redding owned by Nancy Burton together with a representative from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. 3 The Department of Agriculture representative and I were concerned about the risk of animal cruelty with respect to the large herd of goats maintained on the property. We spoke to Ms. Burton about adequate shelter for the animals. 4. We returned to the property at a later date to inspect shelters that Ms. Burton had caused to be built. We determined that what was built was adequate for the number of goats being sheltered at that time. 5 I was concerned with animal safety, not with zoning. I told Ms. Burton that I had the power of arrest for animal cruelty. I have no involvement in zoning enforcement and I did C not say anything to her about zoning. 5 4 hs C Subscribed and swom to before me this _7 tH day of OCTOBER » 2019, My Commission Expires: of |s[acz0 MICHELE R. GRANDE NOTARY PUBLIC MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUG. 31,2020 C 4D ACTIVE/39333.287/MNL/8340113v1 ANIMAL CONTROGADIVISION) REPORT 219.00 (0.0242, - Sa Boe Cakes EG TYPE OF COMPLAINT Crpelty STATUTE OFFICER ASSIGNED to Animals PS / LOCATION 53-247(a) Peet, Kelli K9-4 CASEN 2017-133 14 Highway _. AND CODE INCIDENT DAI INCIDENT COMP! Redding 17 SAN? EJ GSN DATE/TIME COMPLAINT RECEIVED DATE/TIME OF INVESTIGATIO N 9/19/17, 12:00 pm SPO/17, 10:00 am OATETTINE! SES RSICE KES A-AGCUSED: §-SUSPECT - COMPLAINANT V-VicTM NAME Ww.’ J JUVENILE ADDRESS J DOB, O-OTHER BURTON, NANCY 147 CROSS HIGHWAY, REDDIN SEX_| RACE TELEPHONE G F ‘W_| GRIFFBN, COLETTR 203-313-1510 GIBBONS, DENNIS 203-241-0343 153 CROSS HIGHWAY CARMODY, ELINORE 153 CROSS HIGHWAY 203-895-1040 MASON, DAVID P 203-895-1040 146 CROSS HIGHWAY DELUCA, MACO 718-564-3151 REDDING ANIMAL CONTROL LIS DVM, DR. MARY MOORE, PATRICK COMMINO, JO BLLEW pane STATB ANIMAL NATION, VICE PRES ID ANIMAL NATION, VOLUNTEER ENT 203-938-2525 860-713-2505 914-400-6014 SUMMARY OF CO} 914-400-6014 + On 9/19/17, Ms. Colette Griffen regarding goats owned by Ne contacted State Animal Contro l Supervisor Rey Connors Burton located at 147 Cross Hiigh some in pens, disabled, over way, Redding, CT. Sh e stated wn