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Roughly 40 NASA employees who all work on the same floor at a research center in Cleveland have been diagnosed with cancer. The union representing the workers is seeking answers. Jesse Russell reports:

According to the union representing workers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, at least 40 workers have been diagnosed with cancer on one floor. The workers are scientists who work on the third floor of the Development Engineering Building and over the past four years they have been diagnosed with multiple cases of cancer. NASA says tests at the research center have not turned up any carcinogens, but the Lewis Engineers and Scientists Association is demanding more tests be done. Last month, the Ohio Department of Health and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said that cancer rates at the facility are within the average. According to the union, some of the diagnosed workers refused to answer the questionnaire sent around by the department because they didn’t want to be identified. Roughly 100 employees work on the third floor; the union represents more than 1500 workers.