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title: Beverly Hills Oil Field
text: of lawsuits in 2003, in which parents of students at the school, observing what they believed to be excess rates of certain cancers among those exposed to toxins emitted from the facility, attempted to have it shut down. Plaintiffs claimed that a "cluster" of 280 cancers—primarily Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and thyroid cancer, recorded over a period of about 30 years—were caused by emissions of volatile organic compounds (including benzene and toluene) from the drilling island, currently hidden behind sound walls. Samples of air taken near the site by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) showed nothing unusual,

title: Polychlorinated biphenyl
text: very high PCB levels in its sewage sludge farm field fertilizer. Because of the widespread use of the contaminated sludge, SCDHEC subsequently issued PCB fish advisories for nearly all streams and rivers bordering farm fields that had been applied with city waste. The Clyde cancer cluster (also known as the Sandusky County cancer cluster) is a childhood cancer cluster that has affected many families in Clyde, Ohio and surrounding areas. PCBs were found in soil in a public park within the area of the cancer cluster. In Akron, Ohio, soil was contaminated and noxious PCB-laden fumes had been put into

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: Environmental Protection Agency distributed a map of the area pinpointing the locations of the homes of children who had cancer. In late 2011 and early 2012, over a period of several months, the Environmental Protection Agency tested soil in several different parts of Clyde and surrounding areas. In late July 2012, investigators found polychlorinated biphenyls, which is a probable human carcinogen, in the soil of the property that was formerly known as Whirlpool Park, a recreational park that was owned by the Whirlpool Corporation until the park was shut down in 2008. This park, located near Green Springs, Ohio, consisted

title: Cancer Alley
text: chemical company Denka. The area immediately adjacent to the Denka/Dupont neoprene plant in St. John the Baptist Parish has been recognized by the EPA as having the likelihood of getting cancer from air pollution over 700 times the national average. In March 2018, a team of students from the Stanford University traveled to Louisiana to implement a household health survey in partnership with Concerned Citizens and the Stanford Human Rights Clinic. These organizations will work with the University Network for Human Rights to produce a report on the environment and health consequences of the industrial emissions in the area. A

title: Mindi Messmer
text: and remedial action under a variety of regulatory programs including RCRA, CERCLA, and State Superfund. Her best known work has been around drinking water protection, cancer prevention, and identifying environmental factors which may have triggered a pediatric cancer cluster in New Hampshire. Messmer serves on NH Governor Maggie Hassan’s Task Force to investigate the rhabdomyosarcoma and pleuropulmonary blastoma double pediatric cancer cluster that she identified and reported in 2014. The cluster was confirmed by the NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in 2016. She was appointed head of the Governor’s Task Force Subcommittee to coordinate efforts with the

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: Brown. The amount sought was for the expenses of cleaning the houses containing benzaldehyde and for cleaning the park, as well as the damage the cluster caused altogether. The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, at the plaintiffs' request, in early 2015 with no reason given. Whirlpool promised to rid the property of all toxic waste in August 2015. Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, many citizens of Clyde, and of Ohio in general, held fundraisers, gave donations, and helped maintain memories of those who died in the cluster. Several documentaries by citizens of Clyde were created that centered around

title: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
text: Cancer Center's Institute for Drug Development (IDD) is internationally recognized for conducting one of the largest oncology Phase I clinical drug trials programs in the world. Fifteen of the cancer drugs most recently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration underwent development or testing at the IDD. Other noted programs include: cellular and structural biology, urology, nephrology, transplantation biology, aging and longevity studies, cardiology and research imaging. UT Health San Antonio publishes a periodic magazine, "Mission". In 2006, $263 million of facility upgrades were allocated for the campus by the University of Texas System Board of Regents. This included

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: had been cleared of PCB contamination. In 2006, the Ohio Department of Health recognized that the incidence of child cancer cases in the Clyde area was abnormally high, and in 2007, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency started investigating possible causes. Many community members became angry because of what they perceived as little progress made by the agency throughout this series of investigations. The lack of possible causes found during the early investigations of the cluster was a source of continuing worry for the affected community. In December 2009, at a meeting with affected families, the Department of Health and the

title: Cancer cluster
text: Cancer cluster 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. Historical examples of work-related cancer clusters are well documented in the medical literature. Notable examples include: scrotal cancer among chimney sweeps in 18th century London; osteosarcoma among female watch dial painters in the 20th century; skin cancer in farmers; bladder cancer in dye workers exposed to aniline compounds; and leukemia and lymphoma in chemical workers exposed to benzene. Cancer cluster suspicions usually arise when members of

title: Southbelt/Ellington, Houston
text: land, began to look into developing the area. In 1963 Ayrshire built five homes and established a water district. A year later he sold the first home to the George West family. The area began to grow and develop quickly until the 1980s when it became known that toxic waste had been dumped in the area by Brio Refining Inc. and was causing a high number of birth defects in children living in the South Bend subdivision. Because of this 677 homes and Arlyne S. Weber Elementary were demolished and the site became the Brio Superfund site. In the 2000s

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: been found. After the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency carried out soil tests in the Whirlpool Corporation's former corporate park, Whirlpool Park, in Green Springs, Ohio, it was apparent that soil on the property contained polychlorinated biphenyls. Whirlpool Corporation faced two lawsuits, perhaps the most notable one being "Brown v. Whirlpool Corporation", of which the main plaintiff was Wendy Brown, as the park is perhaps the most well known suspected cause of the cluster. This lawsuit was dismissed in 2014, and the other, "Sandusky County v. Whirlpool Corporation", was withdrawn in 2015. In January 2016, the EPA reported that Whirlpool Park

title: Mindi Messmer
text: USEPA and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to direct the investigation into Coakley Landfill Superfund Site which may be linked to the pediatric cancer cluster. Messmer's three bills signed into law in 2017 during her freshman year include House Bill 484 which established a commission on the Seacoast cancer cluster investigation, House Bill 431 which established a commission to study long-term goals and requirements for drinking water in the Seacoast area, and House Bill 511 which established a commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illness. House Bill 485, which addressed the need for standards for emerging contaminants in drinking

title: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
text: Alkek Hospital, Bates-Freeman Building, Clark Clinic, Gimbel Building, Jones Research Building, LeMaistre Clinic, Love Clinic and Lutheran Hospital Pavilion. Other facilities on this campus are the Dan L. Duncan Building, Clinical Research Building, Faculty Center, Mays Clinic, Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building, Pickens Academic Tower, Radiology Outpatient Center and Rotary House International. The T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower, a 21-story, building, which opened in 2008, is named after T. Boone Pickens, who donated to the cancer center. It houses classrooms, conference facilities, and executive and faculty offices. The South Campus is home to the McCombs Institute for the Early Detection

title: Clinton Park, Houston
text: Clinton Park would be vacant in under 25 years. In an editorial piece in the "Houston Chronicle", Carol Alvarado, a member of the Houston City Council, said that Clinton Park was among the neighborhoods that were the most exposed to air pollutants in the City of Houston. Clinton Park is served by the Houston Independent School District. Clinton Park is in Trustee District VIII, represented by Diana Dávila as of 2009. Schools include Pleasantville Elementary School, Holland Middle School, and Furr High School. Prior to spring 2005, Clinton Park was served by Clinton Park Elementary School at 129 Mississippi Road.

title: Hinkley groundwater contamination
text: attempt to debunk allegations that chromium pollution caused the cancer cluster in the Hinkley area and to downplay the number of cancer cases there. In his often-cited 2010 California Cancer Registry study he claimed that cancer rates in Hinkley "remained unremarkable from 1988 to 2008." In his study co-authored with M.E.Reeves they claimed that "the 196 cases of cancer reported during the most recent survey of 1996 through 2008 were less than what he would expect based on demographics and the regional rate of cancer." In his 2012 PowerPoint presentation at the Proceedings of the North American Association of Central

title: Texas Children's Cancer Center
text: hematological disorders since 1958. A comprehensive program for screening newborns at the Harris County Hospital District facility was initiated in 1975. The center assisted in establishing a newborn screening program in the state of Texas that is administered by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Referrals for patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease are received from the East Texas region and 20 counties surrounding the greater Houston area. In 2001, a Sickle Cell Center at Texas Children's Hospital was formed to provide comprehensive care to the patients being followed by the service. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: Clyde cancer cluster The Clyde cancer cluster was a childhood cancer cluster located in and around Clyde, Ohio, United States. The cluster was classified by the Ohio Department of Health in 2009. In an 11-year interval, ten childhood cancers were documented in an area where 5.3 were expected, and four pediatric brain and central nervous system cancers were reported, in an area where 0.92 were expected. According to the ODH, the odds of this happening without a common cause are less than 1 in 20. No known commonality exists between the cases, and despite years of investigation no cause has

title: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
text: Personalized Cancer Care is an international center of clinical excellence focusing on using the latest advances in genetic information to develop safe, more effective treatments for patients on a case-by-case basis. In 2012 the Houston Main Building (originally the Prudential Building) was demolished, with plans to redevelop the site. The building had originally been purchased by MD Anderson in 1974 for $18.5 million. In 2000 MD Anderson officials inaugurated MD Anderson International-España, its first international affiliation and Spain's first multidisciplinary full-service cancer center. Located in Madrid, the center offers access to many of the clinical trials offered at MD Anderson.

title: Clyde cancer cluster
text: personal experiences with cancer and the effects it had on the Clyde community. In 2015, the president of the City of Clyde Landscape Committee -Bev Henson- formed a private committee to work on the Clyde Children's Memorial. It is a marble memorial with the names of the victims engraved on the top of seven pedestral marble, arranged in a circle around a lower center stone inscribed with the phrase "Remember Our Children". The memorial was unveiled to the public in 2017. It is set across from the gazebo and along the bike trail west of maple street. Clyde cancer cluster

title: Water contamination in Crestwood, Illinois
text: to an article on Topnews.com. "The authors of the health assessment base their data on where a person was living at the time of diagnosis." The study, conducted by the Illinois State Cancer Registry, a division of the state Department of Public Health,analyzed 952 cancer cases from 1994 to 2006. The IDPH report did not implicate the contaminated municipal well or exposure to the village's contaminated water as a reason for the elevated incidence of cancer in Crestwood, it also did not rule out exposure to the carcinogenically contaminated public drinking water supply as a factor for the higher cancer