Local Sydney Council Probing Potential Cancer Cluster

A suburban Sydney council is urgently investigating after discovering a potential cancer cluster among its workers. Liverpool City Council, in Sydney’s southwest, says five people working from its Moore St office have developed thyroid cancer across the last three to five years. A sixth person has reported a thyroid condition but has not consented to take part in a NSW Health department investigation. Three of the cases were found on level six of the office, with that floor shut down and staff relocated to level four while the probe takes place. The council has engaged a third-party environmental health consultant while the Health department runs a separate epidemiological investigation....