Did you know that Florida had three confirmed disease clusters? In Loxahatchee (Acreage), they found a brain cancer cluster. In Immokalee, they found a birth-defect cluster, and in Tallevast, they found a cancer cluster.
However, these aren't the only cancer cluster concerns. Many more were investigated throughout the state. There is a need for better documentation of disease clusters to address possible causes. Below are a few cases in the news throughout the years and some resources to begin your research.
Brevard County, Florida | Patrick Air Force Base + Space Industry
- Abnormally High Rates of Cancer Say Report By Florida Dept. of Health
- Brevard County 2019 Cancer Assessment
- Brevard County PFAS 2018 Sampling
- Brevard tests unearth more cancer-causing compounds
- Community attends meeting about possible cancer cluster
- Fear of possible 'cancer cluster' gains attention
- Florida cancer report: Elevated cases rates found in 2 zip codes
- Florida community raises alarm about potential cancer link to water contamination
- Florida woman is convinced what the military dumped underground is partly to blame for why she's wasting away
- Groundwater Contamination Detected at Kennedy Space Center
- High number of cancer cases found in 2 zip codes
- No Confirmation of "Cancer Cluster" Near Patrick AFB
- Official Investigate Possible Cancer Link to Water Contamination in Brevard County
- Satellite Beach School Crowdsourced Cases
Manatee County, Florida | Bayshore High School Cluster
- Alleged 'Cancer Cluster' focus of Manatee County meeting
- Bayshore alum is still looking for answers
- Bradenton High School Investigated as Potential Cancer Cluster
- Cancer cluster deadline approaching for Bayshore High School
- County commissioner want answers Bayshore cancer cluster theory
- Data being analyzed in study of possible cancer cluster among Bayshore High School graduates
- Health department investigating possible cancer cluster at Florida high school
- Investigation into suspected 'cancer cluster' in Florida
- Investigation To Begin in Suspected 'Cancer Cluster'
- New Evidence of Cancer Cluster?
- State officials begin collecting health data to study Bayshore High School cancer cluster
Orange County, Florida | Avalon Park OUC Plant
- Characterizing the Cancer Burden in Orange County
- Data on east Orange cancer cases near OUC coal plant
- Lawsuit says OUC polluted nearby neighborhood
- No evidence of Avalon Park cancer cluster
- OUC coal plants linked with spike in cancer cases, lawsuit claims
Orange County, Florida | Lake Apopka Cancer Cluster
Miami-Dade, Florida | Childhood Cancer Clusters
- Cause for concern over childhood cancer clusters
- Demand answers on thyroid cancer cluster affecting South Florida children
- Health Officials no cancer cluster in Miami
- Mapping of Florida Childhood Cancer Clusters
- Patterns of Pediatric Cancer in Florida
- Report finds pediatric 'cancer cluster' in SWFL
- The Story of Florida and Cancer Clusters
- UWF Researcher Discovers South Florida Cancer Cluster
Florida Blue-Green Algae and Disease
St. Lucie County, Florida | Brain Cancer Cluster
- A wife's fight to get answers
- Attorney hired by St. Lucie County family to get more answers surrounding glioblastoma concerns
- Cluster mystery deepens as 18-year old is diagnosed
- Data could reveal another brain caner cluster in Florida
- Florida Department of Health Releases New Report
- Health Department No Cancer Cluster in St. Lucie County
- St Lucie cancer cases reaching stat, local scrutiny
- Review shows no significant increase in rare cancer cases
St. Lucie Cancer Cluster History
Palm Beach County, Florida | The Acreage
Polk County, Florida | Phosphate Mining
Other Disease Cluster Information in Florida
- American Cancer Society Cancer Clusters
- Bladder Cancer Clusters in Florida
- Cancer down nationwide, but 'hot spots' persist
- Cancer 'hot spots' may be associated with hazardous waste sites
- Cancer Cluster Guidelines
- Center for Health, Environment & Justice Cancer Clusters
- Chemical Contaminants and Human Disease
- Clusters of Young Adult Thyroid Cancer
- Defining the Elusive Cancer Cluster
- Disease Clusters in Florida
- Do Cancers Clusters Around Atomic Plants
- Florida Cancer Data System
- Florida Department of Health Cancer Clusters
- Florida Health Chart Cancer Deaths
- Floridians Living Near Superfund Sites More likely to Get Cancer, New Study Shows
- Highest cancer mortality death rates in Florida
- Mapping of Florida Childhood Cancer Clusters
- MSU Statisticians Identify Florida Cancer Cluster
- National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles Map
- Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research
- Pancreatic cancer clusters and arsenic contaminated drinking water wells in Florida
- Patterns of Pediatric Cancer in Florida
- The Story of Florida and Cancer Clusters
Water Quality and Contamination Issues in Florida
- Contaminants in American alligator eggs from Lake Apopka, Lake Griffin and Lake Okeechobee: Contaminated Lake Studies
- Epigenetic programming alterations in alligators from environmentally contaminated lakes
- Perfluoralkyl acids in the American alligator at Merritt Island National wildlife Refuge: Study of fifteen perfluoralkyl acids (PFAAs)
- Space Shuttle Blast-Offs Spewed Metals, Chemicals into Wildlife Refuge
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