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DuPont Co. officials have discovered evidence of a possible "cancer cluster" among workers at the company's Washington Works plant near Parkersburg, government records show.
The company has told federal regulators there may be a fivefold increase in certain cancers among Washington Works employees, compared to other DuPont plants.
DuPont officials say they do not know the cause - or whether the issue could be related to the toxic chemical C8 - but promised a full review of the matter.
A. Michael Kaplan, DuPont's director of regulator affairs and occupational health, filed reports about the cancers with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in November and December of 2006, and an updated report in December 2007.
The findings have never been announced publicly and it is not clear what information about the reports DuPont shared with its employees.
Kaplan refused to speak with a reporter about the reports he filed with EPA, and a DuPont media spokeswoman issued only a brief prepared statement when asked about the matter last week.
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