Cancer Clusters in America

This is an interactive map from Worldlifeexpectancy.com showing cancer rates by county and state – Black cancer cluster areas cover the south from Virginia to North Florida to Oklahoma to Louisiana. Maine also fares poorly as does Montana, Alaska and Ohio. The group says, “We believe there are many lifestyle factors that contribute to America’s cancer problem, but if there were no environmental factors cancer death rates would be more evenly distributed across the country than they are. We [believe] environmental factors have been poorly investigated in the past and strongly support more rigorous testing in the future” – mab .. read more

 

 

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