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"Sports participation disparities among boys and girls can exist due to fewer opportunities for girls to play sports, especially in high school, and less social support. Our study shows that the cost savings of increasing girls' sports participation can justify investing in the changes needed to increase it," says Jessie Heneghan, MCP, co-author and senior analyst at PHICOR.

“The community did amazing things, but MCP, that company, did nothing.”

"It's great for the ones that made it but heartbreaking for everything else, Mayfield, MCP, all of it, heartbreaking," she said.

About 250 people currently work at MCP, as it’s known, factories where they manufacture scented and decorative candles.

Calls to MCP directors and headquarters were not returned Saturday.