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... Playing with asbestos in Ellwood City: Town's illness rates being scrutinized Local News Latest News Previous Articles Neighborhoods News Obituaries Education Weather Elections Photo Journal Transportation Events Calendar Lottery The Morning File Multimedia Capitol Notes Columnists Consumer Special Reports First Amendment Playing with asbestos in Ellwood City: Town's illness rates being scrutinized Saturday, March 18, 2006 By Mike Bucsko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ELLWOOD CITY - Growing up in the west end of town during the 1960s, Keith Foley and dozens of other kids spent every summer day at a playground near a plant owned by W.R.

Grace and Co.

The playground had a baseball field and a patch of grass the kids used for football, along with the usual swing sets and monkey bars.

But the playground also had a component unique to its location, silver-colored rocks and gravel, which were byproducts of a material produced at the Grace plant.

"We all joked about it growing up," said Mr.

Foley, 50, who now lives in Wayne, in another part of Lawrence County.

"We went home every day dusty and dirty and, when it was raining, we went home looking like the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz," covered with silver muck." In September, federal officials distributed a health alert to people in Ellwood City about the potential harm from asbestos exposure from the waste rocks discarded by the Grace plant.

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... Mental Health Articles > Mental Health Services Underutilized By Cancer Patients .tcheader { background-color:#94ABBE; border-bottom:#003399 solid 1px; border-right:#003399 solid 1px; border-left:#99ccff solid 1px; border-top:#99ccff solid 1px; color:white; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing: .5pt; padding:1px; padding-left: 1px; text-decoration:none; display: block; } body{ font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 4px; margin-left: 4px; } a:link { text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } Home Mental Health Articles Mental Health Services Underutilized By Cancer Patients By: American Cancer Society on Mar 17 2006 14:46:05 Mental Health for Cancer PatientsThe prevalence of major psychiatric disorders is as common in cancer patients as they are in the general population, with the exception of panic disorder which had elevated rates compared to the general population (5 percent versus 1.7 percent, respectively).

However, fewer than half of advanced cancer patients with major psychiatric complaints receive care from a mental health provider, according to a study published in the December 15, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

The study, one of the first to relate prevalence and use of mental health services and terminal cancer patients, ...