Talk:List of cancer clusters
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Conversion to table wikicode in progress... --Viriditas | Talk 02:40, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Recent additions
Editors have recently attempted to add Love Canal, Texas City, and Santa Ana to the list, but I can't find any supporting documentation on statistically significant or noteworthy cancer clusters in those areas. Studies are ongoing for Love Canal, so there might be some data to add. Research regarding Texas City appears to be ongoing as well. Santa Ana has not been classified as a cancer cluster. Table of removed content follows. --Viriditas | Talk 07:56, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
| Recent additions that are not classified as cancer clusters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Disease | Location | Number | Source | Refs |
| 1980-1993 | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, brain cancer | Texas City | ~100 | Benzene, PVC byproducts | N/A |
| 1970s | Many | Love Canal | Innumerable | Large number of teratogens and mutagens, including nuclear waste and dioxin, individual components hard to trace due to lack of records | N/A |
| 2004-2005 | Leukemia | Franklin Elementary School, Santa Ana, California | 5 | Unknown | [1] |
[edit] Historical cancer clusters
Would the 18th century scrotal cancers suffered by chimney sweeps and noticed by Percival Pott qualify as a cancer cluster? --Charlene.fic 03:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
