List of cancer clusters

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This is a list of cancer clusters. A cancer cluster is a statistical event, which may or may not have a cause other than chance. There are other cancer clusters that occur without any obvious source of carcinogens.

North America
Date	Disease	Location	Number of cases	Cause	References
1917–1927	Osteosarcoma	New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois	86	Radium	<ref name="fn_1"/><ref name="fn_2"/>
1938–1971	Adenocarcinoma	U.S.	750	Diethylstilbestrol	<ref name="fn_3"/><ref name="fn_4"/>
?–2018	Various cancers	St. Louis, Missouri	56	Uranium	<ref name="fn_5"/>
1967–1973	Liver angiosarcoma (Hemangiosarcoma)	Louisville, Kentucky	4	Vinyl chloride monomer	<ref name="fn_6"/>
1968–1995	Leukemia, Lymphoma	Camp Lejeune, North Carolina	13<ref group="note">Out of 106 suspected health problems, 52 were confirmed, including 13 hematopoietic cancers and 39 birth defects.<ref name="fn_7b" /></ref>	Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene Methylene chloride Vinyl chloride {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}	<ref name="fn_7"/><ref name="fn_7b" />
1979–1996	Brain, CNS cancer	Toms River, New Jersey	90+	SAN trimer Styrene Acrylonitrile	<ref name="fn_9"/><ref name="fn_10"/><ref name="fn_11"/>
1973–1986	Leukemia	Woburn, Massachusetts	21	Chloroform Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethene Arsenic	<ref name="fn_12"/><ref name="fn_13"/>
1982–1984	Testicular cancer	Fulton County, New York	3	Dimethylformamide (DMF) 2-Ethoxyethanol 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate 2-Butoxyethanol	<ref name="fn_14"/>
1987–1999	Brain cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma	Wilmington, Massachusetts	20	Unknown N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)	<ref name="fn_15"/><ref name="fn_16"/><ref name="fn_17"/>
1993–2008	Childhood brain cancer, brain tumors, colon cancer, anal cancer, rectal cancer, breast cancer. Also nervous system damaged.	The Acreage, Florida	Unknown	Unknown Some have linked it to a nearby Pratt and Whitney, Beach Aggregates, and the Florida crystals.	<ref name="fn_32"/>
1997–2002	Leukemia, rhabdomyosarcoma	Fallon, Nevada	17	Unknown Tungsten Arsenic Chlorpyrifos Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) Benzene in jet fuel	<ref name="fn_18"/><ref name="fn_19"/><ref name="fn_20"/><ref name="fn_21"/>
1996–2013	Leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma, other forms	Clyde, Ohio	36, mostly children	Unknown {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}	<ref name="fn_31"/>
1953–2010	Wide range of cancers	Shannon, Quebec	400	Trichloroethylene	<ref name="fn_28"/><ref name="fn_30"/>
2009-2024	Wide range of cancers, predominantly breast cancer	Raleigh, NC	99	Aroclor 1262, a commercial mixture of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds	37
Europe
Date	Disease	Location	Number of cases	Cause	References
1968–1995	Leukemia	Seascale, Sellafield, England	9	Unsure Studies indicate a correlation with paternal preconceptional irradiation (PPI)	<ref name="fn_22"/><ref name="fn_23"/>
1978–1993	Leukemia	La Hague, Normandy, France	27	Unknown Speculated to be tritium	<ref name="fn_24"/><ref name="fn_25"/>
1980s	Leukemia, brain tumors	East Yorkshire, England	13	Polonium-210, lead, arsenic and other metal emitter; unproven link to Capper Pass tin smelter in Melton	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref><ref>Sources: Template:Cite magazine Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="dce">Template:Cite book</ref>
1990–2005	Leukemia	Elbmarsch, Lower Saxony and Krümmel (Kruemmel), Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany	16	Unknown Speculated to be actinide, especially plutonium-241 of unknown origin that was found in the area or tritium from a nearby nuclear power plant	<ref name="fn_26"/><ref name="fn_27"/>
India
Date	Disease	Location	Number of cases	Cause	References
mid 1980s	Skin lesions, arsenicosis	West Bengal, India	Unknown	Arsenic	<ref name="fn_29"/>

External links

• List of known cancer clusters in the U.S.A.