* § 2401-b. Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps.
1.For\npurposes of this section, "environmental facility" shall have the same\nmeaning as provided in section 3-0317 of the environmental conservation\nlaw.\n 2. For purposes of this section, "cancer incidence and environmental\nfacility maps technical advisory group" or "technical advisory group"\nshall mean the environmental public health tracking program technical\nadvisory group required by a cooperative agreement between the\ndepartment and the federal centers for disease control and prevention.\n 3. The technical advisory group shall make recommendations to the\ndepartment on the appropriate use and communication of the cancer\nincidence and environmental facility maps. Such recommendations shall\nconsider the scienti
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* § 2401-b. Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps. 1. For\npurposes of this section, "environmental facility" shall have the same\nmeaning as provided in section 3-0317 of the environmental conservation\nlaw.\n 2. For purposes of this section, "cancer incidence and environmental\nfacility maps technical advisory group" or "technical advisory group"\nshall mean the environmental public health tracking program technical\nadvisory group required by a cooperative agreement between the\ndepartment and the federal centers for disease control and prevention.\n 3. The technical advisory group shall make recommendations to the\ndepartment on the appropriate use and communication of the cancer\nincidence and environmental facility maps. Such recommendations shall\nconsider the scientific strengths and limitations of such mapping and\noverlay methodologies for cancer tracking and geospatial linking to\nsignificant disease risk factors, and the appropriate means for\ncommunicating such strengths and limitation to the public in an easily\ndiscernible manner. The department shall consider the recommendations of\nthe technical advisory group when making the maps required by this\nsection available to the public.\n 4. The department, in consultation with the department of\nenvironmental conservation and the technical advisory group, shall\nestablish and maintain a computer mapping system for plotting cancer\nincidence and environmental facilities throughout the state, including\nbut not limited to cancer clusters. Such maps shall overlay locations of\nenvironmental facilities with cancer incidences.\n 5. Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps shall include data\non the incidence of the following cancer types:\n (a) lung and bronchus;\n (b) female breast;\n (c) urinary bladder (including in situ);\n (d) brain and other nervous system;\n (e) colon and rectum;\n (f) non-Hodgkin lymphomas;\n (g) leukemias;\n (h) thyroid;\n (i) liver/intrahepatic bile duct;\n (j) kidney and renal pelvis;\n (k) prostate;\n (l) oral cavity and pharynx;\n (m) stomach;\n (n) esophagus;\n (o) larynx;\n (p) pancreas;\n (q) corpus uterus;\n (r) ovary;\n (s) testis;\n (t) mesothelioma;\n (u) bone;\n (v) nasal and nasopharynx; and\n (w) soft tissue sarcomas.\n 6. Plotting of data for cancer incidence and environmental facility\nmaps shall be by census block, except in cases where such plotting could\ndisclose the identity of any person to whom the data relate, in which\ncase census blocks shall be aggregated for plotting to protect the\nidentity of such person. When such aggregation is required, the\ndepartment shall utilize the minimum number of census blocks practicable\nto protect the identity of such person.\n 7. By March first, two thousand eleven the department shall make\navailable to the public information on cancer as designated by the\nenvironmental public health tracking program of the centers for disease\ncontrol and prevention, and, in consultation with the department of\nenvironmental conservation, current data on locations and type of\nenvironmental facilities.\n 8. By June thirtieth, two thousand eleven the department shall make\navailable to the public cancer incidence and environmental facility maps\nwhich show available information on the location of environmental\nfacilities and the total number of reported cancers by census block and\nassociated data for each reported cancer type listed in subdivision five\nof this section.\n 9. The department shall make available to the public cancer incidence\nand environmental facility maps in the manner described in subdivision\nfour of this section showing cancer clusters by cancer types. Prior to\nplotting such data, the department shall use an appropriate statistical\nmethod to detect statistical anomalies for the purpose of identifying\ncancer clusters.\n The department shall make such maps available on its public website,\nand shall, in consultation with the department of environmental\nconservation, update the maps not less than once every five years.\n * NB Repealed May 1, 2028\n