Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Turkey · 2011–2016
Ergene–Kocaeli health study unpublished as a 33.7% cancer figure circulates
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A ministry study of the Ergene–Kocaeli area for 2011–16 has not had its results published, Bianet reported. A figure of 33.7 percent circulated for Dilovası, but it is cancer's share of all deaths, not an incidence rate.
What?
A ministry study of the Ergene–Kocaeli area for 2011–16 has not been published, and a 33.7 percent cancer share of deaths circulated for Dilovası. Bianet
Where?
Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey, and the Ergene basin. Bianet
When?
Study run 2011–16; results still unpublished in the sources reviewed. Bianet
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- Public, including residents of Dilovası — Access to the results of the 2011–16 study Bianet
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The 33.7 percent figure circulated as a cancer death rate; incidence data are not in the sources reviewed. CNN Türk
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What happened
The record, in order.
CNN Türk headlined a cancer death rate of 33.7 percent for Dilovası; the figure is cancer's share of all deaths, not an incidence rate.
Bianet reported that the results of a ministry study covering the Ergene–Kocaeli area in 2011–16 have not been published.
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
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- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the claim that Dilovası is experiencing a cancer explosion.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give cancer incidence rates for Dilovası or the Ergene basin.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the ministry department that ran the study or give a reason for withholding the results.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
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