Report: 42 disease clusters in 13 U.S. states identified
At least 42 disease clusters have occurred in 13 U.S. states since 1976, according to a report Monday by environmentalists calling for further study of the cause of these health problems."Communities all around the country struggle with unexplained epidemics of cancers, birth defects and neurological diseases," report co-author Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Naural Resources Defense Council, said in announcing the findings. "The faster we can identify such clusters, and the sooner we can figure out the causes, the better we can protect residents living in the affected communities."
On Tuesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled an oversight hearing on the issue.
The 13 states, you ask? They include: Texas, California, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Delaware, Louisiana, Montana, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. (Go to the first link, below, to read of some examples. The one on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina was a stunner since it was happening to males and with breast cancer. You have to figure the federal government would possibly be responsible for that one, what with a huge military base there).
I thought you'd want to know.
Now, I'd like to know where in Missouri this "disease cluster" is. Is it in Sugar Creek? Cameron, as some people have claimed up there? Across the state in the St. Louis area? Where, exactly?
Having Googled it, I can tell you it's in Herculaneum. (see link below)
At least that's the one in the state that is recognized. Who knows? There may be more than one.
Further proof, as though we needed it, that the way we live is unsustainable.
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