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Change soon because a new law in lar requires the registry which keeps track of numbers to public stats as the smaller census track level. then we'll be able to compare the cancer risk to the actual number of cancer diagnoses. pamela, back to you.
Cancer risk recommendation for her sake and the sake of her family. >> let me live. whatever time i have left, let it be decent. we need clean air. we need help to get this done. >> now, of course, an important question here is, are there more actual cases of cancer in those communities with the highest risk of developing cancer? well, the state does not know, and here's why, because cancer rates are measured at the perish level, not at the smallest census track level like the toxins study, so right now there is no way to know if just that part of the parish around the plant has a disproportio...
Let it be decent. we need clean air. we need help to get this done. >> reporter: now, of course, an important question here is, are there more actual cases of cancer in those communities with the highest risk of developing cancer? well, the state does not know. here's why. because cancer rates are measured at the parish level, not at the smaller level like the epa toxin study. right now, there's no way to know if just that part of the parish around the plant has a disproportionate amount of cancer cases. but that's going to change soon. a new law requires the tumor residency which keeps track ...
Throttle, the horn and the bell also being an issue they need to investigate. >> absolutely. authorities are saying right now, one of the main focuses is on that black box we just heard the mayor talk about. again, they're hoping for a successful download of all that data by the end of the afternoon so they can come out and give us more information hopefully. >> doing the live work for us here on-site. i want to call in a former member of the national transportation safety board, john, who knows a thing or two about how you tackle what has been called just an extreme mess here. john, can you h...
Investigation. >> reporter: from track level just a few feet from the wreckage of train 188, amtrak are using front end loaders. it was here dogs found the final victim a 48-year-old man. >> we believe we have now accounted for all 243 individuals that we believe were on amtrak train number 188 from tuesday night. >> we learned more about the engineer at the center of the investigation. 32-year-old brandon bostian was a conductor before becoming an engineer. his attorney told good morning america he was injured and does not remember the crash. his cell phone was turned off and in his bag as re...