600 Dead in Outbreak; Obamacare Now Trumpcare? Rare Cancer Cluster in Kids

600 Dead in Outbreak; Obamacare Now Trumpcare? Rare Cancer Cluster in Kids

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ALARMING: Six Children In Affluent California Community Diagnosed With Same Extremely Rare Cancer – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack

There are stories that make every parent stop cold. This is one of them. Families in Ladera Ranch, California, say six children from their community have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, an extraordinarily rare cancer of bone and soft tissue. One of those children, 17-year-old Brody Matteson, died in March. No government agency has officially declared a cancer cluster or identified a common cause. But with a cancer this rare, the families’ que…

ALARMING: Six Children In Affluent California Community Diagnosed With Same Extremely Rare Cancer

There are stories that make every parent stop cold. This is one of them. Families in Ladera Ranch, California, say six children from their community have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, an extraordinarily rare cancer of bone and soft tissue. One of those children, 17-year-old Brody Matteson, died in March. No government agency has officially declared a cancer cluster or identified a common cause. But with a cancer this rare, the families’ que…

Cluster of extremely rare cancer cases suddenly strikes kids in wealthy SoCal city

The families say they have no proof of what may be behind the diagnoses but are urging officials to examine whether pesticides used throughout the community could be a factor.