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First lady announces $27 million for cancer research

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January 14, 2000
Web posted at: 11:06 a.m. EST (1606 GMT)

GARDEN CITY, New York (CNN) -- Speaking to a group of breast cancer survivors and activists, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a $27 million initiative to research the environmental causes of cancer.

"We have reason to believe, based on the statistics, that there is some environmental connection or cause between the advent of the disease in an individual's life and the living conditions here on Long Island," Clinton said Thursday.

Clinton said the proposal would be a $10 million increase over the previous year's budget allocations. The initiative would be part of President Bill Clinton's 2001 budget, and funding would go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Health Lab.

In addition to the breast cancer research, CDC researchers will study whether there is a link between the environment and prostate cancer.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-New York) introduced Clinton at the discussion, which was held on the Long Island campus of Adelphi University.

"I will say, and I know there are men in the audience, I do want to see another woman in the House," McCarthy said, referring to Clinton's run for U.S. Senate. Her comments were met with enthusiastic applause.

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