benzene, founding gasoline, was also not tested. there was a cluster of 12 confirmed leaking underground gas tanks surrounding franconia. >> these could be related to the building. chris: he says while testing is important, a broader investigation looking at types of cancer and patient medical history is needed. >> cancer clusters are the hardest kinds of investigations. chris: an investigation we have learned has just begunand rosler is the fairfax county police chief is that he spoke to us with the county health director by his side. as of now this is the only station you perceived have a problem? >> yes. chris: the county has stepped up efforts to solve this mystery. patient medical records are being analyzed. possible toxins associated with police equipment like vets or gun belts are being studied. and three days before the chief agreed to sit down with us, he sat down with all of his franconia employees to address their grave concerns. >> i've lost good friends to cancer, some of which have worked at this station. i will try to

benzene was also not tested. this as the i-team found a cluster of 12 confirmed leaking underground gas tanks surrounding franconia. >> it is possible these could be related to the building. reporter: dr. don melton studies public health at the university of maryland. he says a broader investigation looking at types of cancer and patient medical histories, is needed. >> cancer clusters are the hardest investigations. reporter: an investigation we've learned has just begun. edwin is the fairfax county police chief. he spoke to us with the county health director by his side. >> as of now, this is the only station you perceive to have a problem? reporter: with mounting concernthe county has stepped up its efforts to solve this mystery. patient medical records are being analyzed. hospital toxins associated with police equipment are also being studied. three days before the chief agreed to sit down with us, he sat down with all his franconia employees to address their grave concerns. >> i've lost good friends to cance

for example, benzene. and a lot of ben zone-like substances were produced. it is a known human carcinogen. >> kerry baker is a former veterans' affairs officials who analysed the toxins found in smoke. since he left the agency he has been fighting to get the department of defense and v.a. to recognise that burn pit exposure sickened veterans. some were dying. we had claims from videos -- widows, we have claims from young guys who have diabetes, lymphoma or leukaemia. >> he is representing 31-year-old rodney weise, who lived a quarter of a mile from the burn pit. it covered several acres. everything, plastic, human waste, batteries, tyres, paint, fire. >> they'd use j.p. 8 jet fuel to set it on fire. there was always a yellow haze over the base. everywhere you talked to had respiratory issues with it. >> reporter: for seven years doctors couldn't figure out what biopsy. >> it showed that i had titanium, alum numb, iron, chromium, steel, silica in my lungs. there's nowhere else i could have got metals in my lung. i never worked in anything that would have expo

benzene found in gasoline was also not tested.his is the it team found a large number of leaking undercover gas stations surrounding franconia. we will show the map and how many there really are. the situation has grown said that the building has developed a chilling nickname. people are calling it " franc-caner." >> i have lost good friends to cancer, some of which have worked at the station. chris: the state health department -- we will tell you what they are doing to try to solve this mystery. live in the newsroom, abc 7 news . alison: four local teams played, but the two that one are not in the playoffs. what is next for the wizards in the capitals after last night's losses. reporter: sweet writer college is a historic and beloved institution set to close later this year. the students say they're not being told old truth about why it is happening. i am jeff goldberg and i will point coming up. leon: don't forget to sign up for weather, traffic, and breaking news alerts. just log on to wjla.com to pick what you want on your pho

if someone is dumping benzene in the ohio river put them in jail but the comment to onto my back therese leads that have black on the bottom to determine my backyard is a wetlands and you can put me in jail. i'm not making this up. ken lucas from southern mississippi went to jail 10 years in jail and his crime was conspiracy to violate the clean water act. he was putting clean dirt on his plan to raise the elevation. i think we have gone too far but i think we are getting better as far as energy. >> how much of an issue do you believe the topic of climate change should be? >> i think there needs to be a balance and we shouldn't be alarmist about things. we have had rules, this is where everyone in washington gets dumbed down. he worried there for the environment or against the environment. maybe we would be for the environment and the economy at the same time. when we look at the environment and this is a great question and jon stossel has done this question. do you think the environment is cleaner now are cleaner in 1960? they are all like oh my good as the polar bears are drowning an

someone is dumping benzene in the ohio river.ut them in jail that don't come to my backyard because there leads that have plaque on the bottom of them to determine if my yard is a wetland and i'm not making this up. ken lucas from southern mississippi went to jail, 70 years old 10 years in jail and his crime was a conspiracy to violate the clean water act rate he was putting clean dirt on his own land to raise the elevation. so i think we are doing better as far as energy defense goes. >> how much of an issue to believe the topic of climate change should we invest? >> i think there needs to be a balance and we shouldn't be alarmist about things. we have rules and this is where everything in washington gets dumbed down. you read either for the environment or you are against the environment. you can be with the environment and the economy at the same time. when we look at the environment and this is a great question and jon stossel has done this question on this program where he asks do you think the environment is cleaner now or c