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List of cancer clusters


This is a list of cancer clusters. It should be noted that 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 Source Refs
1917-1927 Osteosarcoma New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois 86 Radium 2
1938-1971 Adenocarcinoma U.S.A. 750 diethylstilbestrol 3 4
1963-1999 Lung cancer, Mesothelioma Libby, Montana 56 vermiculite 5
1967-1973 Liver angiosarcoma (Hemangiosarcoma) Louisville, Kentucky 4 vinyl chloride monomer 6
1968-1995 Leukemia, Lymphoma Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 103 trichloroethylene
1,2-dichloroethylene
tetrachloroethylene
methylene chloride
vinyl chloride
7
1973-1982 Brain, CNS cancer Cooke County, Texas 16-29 Unknown 8
1979-1996 Brain, CNS cancer Toms River, New Jersey 90 SAN trimer
styrene
acrylonitrile
9 10 11
1981-1986 Leukemia Woburn, Massachusetts 21 Chloroform
Tetrachloroethylene
Trichloroethylene
1,2 Dichloroethylene
Arsenic
12 13
1982-1984 Testicular cancer Fulton County, New York 3 dimethylformamide (DMF)
2-ethoxyethanol
2-ethoxyethyl acetate
2-butoxyethanol
14
1987-1999 Brain cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma Wilmington, Massachusetts 20 Unknown
N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
15 16 17
1997-2002 Leukemia Fallon, Nevada 16 Unknown
Arsenic
Tungsten
Chlorpyrifos
DDE
18 19 20
Europe
Date Disease Location Number Source Refs
1968-1995 Leukemia Seascale, Sellafield, England 9 Unsure
studies indicate a correlation with paternal preconceptional irradiation (PPI)
21 22
1978-1993 Leukemia La Hague, Normandy, France 27 Unknown
(speculated to be tritium)
23 24

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