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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The study, by E.G. Knox and E.A. Gilman, finds that the danger is greatest within a few hundred yards of pollution sources and tapers off with distance. The incidence of childhood cancers per 100,000 children in England and the U.S. has been rising steadily for at least 20 years. The study looked at home address at time of birth and home address at time of death, then measured the physical distance from these addresses to nearby industrial facilities. Likewise, brake manufacturing showed no excessive childhood cancers nearby.