Satellite Beach Fl Cancer

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Satellite beach fl cancer.

Patrick air force base documents. After assurances sunday that satellite beach soon will test groundwater for toxic chemicals cancer survivors from that area urged more people who grew up there and. Satellite beach school crowdsourced cases. Satellite beach tests for cancer causing chemicals already found at high concentrations underground at patrick air force base turned up but at lower levels in all three wells the city.

Since 1917 there have only been 19 cancer clusters established in the world according to wikipedia. More erin brockovich inspires satellite beach area cancer survivors countywide brevard had a higher rate of all cancers combined 12 years in a row from 2005 to 2016 according to fdoh data. As of 2011 cancer is the leading cause of death for floridians surpassing heart. No confirmation of cancer cluster near patrick afb.

Residents of satellite beach florida are worried that high levels of chemicals called pfos and pfoa at a nearby air force base are connected to the cancer rate. The florida department of health states that florida has the second highest cancer burden in the nation. Brevard county cancer cluster history. Official investigate possible cancer link to water contamination in brevard county.

Anyone concerned about cancer in the satellite beach and south patrick shores area or to provide information related to cancer concerns call the brevard county health department at 321 454 7111. 2 2019 fightforzero the odds of being defined as a cancer cluster is very slim. Abnormally high rates of cancer south of satellite beach says report by florida dept.