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Retired MSU professor says her office on Auraria Campus was known as the “cancer corner”

At least four employees working in the West Classroom have been diagnosed with cancers

The West Classroom Building is seen ...
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
The West Classroom Building is seen on the Auraria Campus on July 25, 2019, in Denver. An environmental investigation is underway at Metropolitan State University of Denver after three faculty members who work in the same office were diagnosed with breast cancer within six months of each other, sparking concerns their illnesses could be due to their surroundings.
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Less than week since potentially linked to a classroom building, a retired education professor says there are at least ten more new cases in the West Classroom.

“Colon cancer, skin cancer, sarcoma in a neck. We have bladder cancer, two breast cancers,” said Leslie, a retired education professor at MSU. “Out of 14 people, we had ten different people diagnosed with a variety of cancers.”

Leslie worked as an early education professor for nearly three decades and asked us not to use her full name, but Denver7 verified her employment.

She said every single one of her colleagues diagnosed with cancer worked with her in the West Classroom, which has had a history of asbestos and lead.

“(We) referred to our office as ‘cancer corner’ because of the number of incidences of cancer,” said Leslie.

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