Update 2-13-12: Two of the girls are cured completely and three more are on their way See below
Update 7-3-12: Some afflicted girls graduate and results of environmental testing are in and are good news for all! See Below
Update 7-16-12: In what can only be called irresponsible reporting, one of my favorite news anchors is reporting that the illness of the LeRoy girls is still unknown. See below
Update 8-14-12: Erin Brockovich is heading back to LeRoy for Q&A
Update 3-29-13: The continued erroneous and hysterical reports from profit seeking websites is irresponsible
Update 7-3-12: Some afflicted girls graduate and results of environmental testing are in and are good news for all! See Below
Update 7-16-12: In what can only be called irresponsible reporting, one of my favorite news anchors is reporting that the illness of the LeRoy girls is still unknown. See below
Update 8-14-12: Erin Brockovich is heading back to LeRoy for Q&A
Update 3-29-13: The continued erroneous and hysterical reports from profit seeking websites is irresponsible
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A summary of the community meeting held Wednesday night at LeRoy High School as it appears on the school's website |
[Please also see the updates and video of two of the girls speaking out that are posted below]
A dozen girls who attend the same school in LeRoy, New York have fallen ill with a neurological illness which manifests itself in Tourette's like symptoms of tics and uncontrolled spasms. During a meeting Wednesday night at LeRoy Junior-Senior High School, representatives from the state health department, the Western New York Region of the State Office of Mental Health and the school superintendent Kim Cox had no answers for a very concerned community. The girls began falling ill last September and, so far, doctors have been unable to tell parents of the ill girls or the public what has caused the 12 girls' symptoms.
Dr. Gregory Young, Associate Commissioner of the State Health Department said, "We have conclusively ruled out any form of infection or communicable disease and there's no evidence of any environmental factor."