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 | |||||
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Date | Disease | Location | Number of cases | Cause | References |
1917–1927 | Osteosarcoma | New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois | 86 | Radium | [1][2] |
1938–1971 | Adenocarcinoma | U.S. | 750 | Diethylstilbestrol | [3][4] |
?–2018 | Various cancers | St. Louis, Missouri | 56 | Uranium | [5] |
1967–1973 | Liver angiosarcoma (Hemangiosarcoma) | Louisville, Kentucky | 4 | Vinyl chloride monomer | [6] |
1968–1995 | Leukemia, Lymphoma | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | 13[note 1] | Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene Methylene chloride Vinyl chloride |
[8][7] |
1979–1996 | Brain, CNS cancer | Toms River, New Jersey | 90+ | SAN trimer Styrene Acrylonitrile |
[9][10][11] |
1973–1986 | Leukemia | Woburn, Massachusetts | 21 | Chloroform Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethene 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] |
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. |
[18] |
1997–2002 | Leukemia, rhabdomyosarcoma | Fallon, Nevada | 17 | Unknown Tungsten Arsenic Chlorpyrifos Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) Benzene in jet fuel |
[19][20][21][22] |
1996–2013 | Leukemia, Brain Tumors, lymphoma, Other Forms | Clyde, Ohio | 36, mostly children | Unknown | [23] |
1953–2010 | wide range of cancers | Shannon, Quebec | 400 | Trichloroethylene | [24][25] |
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) |
[26][27] |
1978–1993 | Leukemia | La Hague, Normandy, France | 27 | Unknown Speculated to be tritium |
[28][29] |
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 | [30][31][32][33] |
1990–2005 | Leukemia | Elbmarsch, Lower Saxony and Krümmel (Kruemmel), Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany | 16 | Unknown Speculated to be actinide, especially Plutonium241 of unknown origin that was found in the area or tritium from a nearby nuclear power plant |
[34][35] |
India | |||||
Date | Disease | Location | Number of cases | Cause | References |
mid 1980s | Skin Lesions, Arsenicosis | West Bengal, India | Unknown | Arsenic | [36] |