The Acreage Cancer Study

Hi Everyone,

Today's blog will be short and sweet due to some computer problems, but we apologize for the delay.

We hope you were able to tune into the Dr. Oz show yesterday. The show was great. If you were unable to see the show, we will post video online shortly.

In addition to the show, the Dr. Oz website has posted some great information about cancer clusters. Below is a short blurb and a link to view the full article.

We hope you have a great day!

Dr. Oz Article:

Identifying Cancer Clusters

One of the first questions people faced with a cancer diagnosis askis, "What caused this?", especially when it strikes young children whodon't typically get cancer. Sometimes you learn why; a DNA defect couldforeshadow certain types of colon cancer for instance, or an unhealthybehavior such as smoking jacked up your risk. But it could also besomething lurking in the environment, a carcinogen that has entered thewater supply, soil or the air where we live, work, play or attendschool.

Government agencies track the number and type of cancers thattypically occur, so they have a pretty good idea of what to expect in agiven group of people every year. So when the number of cancerdiagnoses in a community creeps up inexplicably, a red flag goes up anda cancer cluster is suspected.

But before the government gets wind of this suspicion, it has to bereported. And that is usually the result of a hunch: A mother learnsher son has a rare brain tumor and a few miles cross-town she hearsthere is another case; or coworkers at a plant are struck down with thesame rare cancer.

While an up in cancer cases could be a random occurrence, it mayalso be caused by an outside source. Getting to that source takes aperceptive eye, coupled with the tenacity of a group of people, theexpertise of medical professionals, and the willingness of governmentagencies to intervene and investigate it fully.

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Palm Beach County requests more information on fill used in The Acreage

By John Lantigua Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Updated: 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Palm Beach County Commissioners are drafting a letter to county health officials to request more information about material used as fill on residential properties in The Acreage and how it is produced and monitored.

Commission Chairman Burt Aaronson said Tuesday he will send the letter this week to County Health Director Alina Alonso.The action by commissioners was spurred by a Palm Beach Post story Sunday in which Acreage residents complained about the content of the fill and what they saw as inadequate monitoring by health officials.

"We want to get more information," Aaronson said. "We want to know what is being thrown into that fill. We have to decide if greater restrictions are needed."

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