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Testicular cancer: Fulton County, New York: 3 Dimethylformamide (DMF) 2-Ethoxyethanol 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate 2-Butoxyethanol [14] 1987–1999 Brain cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma: Wilmington, Massachusetts: 20 Unknown N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) [15] [16] [17] 1993–2008 Childhood brain cancer, brain tumors, colon cancer, anal cancer, rectal ...
A cancer cluster is a disease cluster in which a high number of cancer cases occurs in a group of people in a particular geographic area over a limited period of time. [ 1 ] Historical examples of work-related cancer clusters are well documented in the medical literature.
Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3] This area accounts for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States. [4]
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Deaths from cancer in New York (state) (12 C, 690 P) Deaths from cancer in North Carolina (3 C, 92 P) Deaths from cancer in North Dakota (6 P) O.
State Sen. Vickie Sawyer, an Iredell County Republican, represents a district that has grappled with concerns about cancer clusters for years, with many linking cases to coal ash.
In the report by the Texas Department of State Health Services, Assessment of the Occurrence of Cancer Houston, Texas 2000–2016, [1] it was found that when comparing the cancer analysis of the Fifth Ward to other areas within Texas and Houston, several cancers were statistically greater than what would be expected in an uncontaminated area. [1]