Rare cancer cluster in Southern California prompts investigation
A law firm is investigating a cluster of rare childhood cancer cases in Ladera Ranch, California, following reports of at least six diagnoses since 2013. Local health agencies are conducting an updated review of cancer data to address community concerns regarding potential environmental exposures.
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Add The California Post on Google Families in an affluent Southern California community are being urged to come forward as attorneys launch an investigation into an alarming number of rare childhood cancer cases .
Bond Legal said it is confidentially gathering information from those whose children lived in or regularly visited Ladera Ranch in Orange County and were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma or other childhood cancers.
The probe comes after at least six children connected to the master-planned community have been diagnosed since 2013, according to affected families.
“Several representatives from the California Cancer Registry, the UCI Cancer Center, and the Orange County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office met after the County Health Officer initiated outreach in response to ongoing community concerns earlier this year,” the Orange County Heath Care Agency told the Post in a statement.
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