Polycythemia Vera Investigation

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) asked the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s (ATSDR) to help investigate a higher than expected number of PV cases in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill counties (called the tri-county area). More specifically, they wanted ATSDR to make sure that the reported cases actually had PV and to find any other cases of PV in the tri-county area… Continue