Cancer cluster in Palm Beach spurs fears

Cancer cluster in Palm Beach spurs fears

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The state promised to test water, and the county promised to test soil.

Still, residents of The Acreage in Palm Beach County shouted in anger and frustration during a Thursday night meeting updating residents on the state Department of Health investigation into a potential brain cancer cluster in The Acreage.

Why aren't government agencies more closely scrutinizing nearby Pratt & Whitney, the jet engine company that for decades has soured its Beeline Highway land with contaminants, they demanded.

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What do you people think this is happening for? these people live in a regular neighborhood just like most of us do. this has happend in the past before. Cancer cluster suspicions usually arise when members of the general public report that their family members, friends, neighbors, or coworkers have been diagnosed with the same or related cancers. State or local health departments will investigate the possibility of a cancer cluster when a claim is filed.[3] In order to justify investigating such claims, health departments conduct a preliminary review. Data will be collected and verified regarding: the types of cancer reported, numbers of cases, geographic area of the cases, and the patients clinical history. At this point, a committee of medical professionals will examine the data and determine whether or not an investigation (often lengthy and expensive) is justified.[4]

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