Note:
1) search terms of 'ovarian'; 'gynecologic' & 'female reproductive' produced zero results;2) states included in report: Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas
About NRDC
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with
more than 1.3 million members and online activists. www.nrdc.org.
Cancer Clusters,
Disease, and the need to Protect
People from Toxic Chemicals
An unusually large number of people sickened by a disease in a certain place and
time is known as a ‘disease cluster’. Clusters of cancer, birth defects, and other
chronic illnesses have sometimes been linked to chemicals or other toxic pollutants
in local communities, although these links can be controversial. There is a need for
better documentation and investigation of disease clusters to identify and address
possible causes. Meanwhile, toxic chemicals should be identified and controlled
through reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act, so these chemicals don’t
pollute communities and sicken people.
