David West, Ken Brett, Tug McGraw, John Vukovich, Johnny Oates and Darren Daulton have all died from brain cancer.
The alarm bells were ringing long before David West’s death last May, but when the pitcher passed away it was almost like a final straw.
Dr. Marc Siegel told “Fox and Friends” shortly after West’s death that an investigation needed to be done. The Philadelphia Inquirer did just that in an investigative piece Tuesday that was titled “Field of Dread.” It is an excellent read,At the heart of the piece was the turf field that was used at Veterans Stadium. The Inquirer found pieces of the old turf, which were sold as souvenirs, and purchased them online. The newspaper then had those pieces of turf tested by two different labs.Forever chemicals.
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