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Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, many citizens of Clyde, and of Ohio in general, held fundraisers,<ref>October 12, 2008, Nick Dutton, [http://www.fox19.com/story/9165801/hundreds-attend-fundraiser-for-clyde-cancer-kids "Hundreds attend fundraiser for Clyde cancer kids"], [[WTOL]]</ref><ref>July 13, 2011, [http://www.cleveland19.com/story/15074648/hiseys "Clyde family hosts golf benefit for cancer cluster"], [[WOIO]]</ref> gave donations, and helped maintain memories of those who died in the cluster.<ref>October 23, 2009, Jonathan Walsh, [http://www.fox19.com/story/11370805/perrysburg-boy-works-to-honor-alexa-browns-memo "Perrysburg boy works to honor Alexa Brown's memory"], [[WTOL]]</ref> Several documentaries by citizens of Clyde were created that centered around personal experiences with cancer and the effects it had on the Clyde community.<ref>March 3, 2010, Erica Shaffer [http://www.fox19.com/story/12078827/clyde-students-earn-state-award-for-cancer-documentary "Clyde students earn state award for cancer documentary"], [[WTOL]]</ref><ref>December 7, 2010, [http://www.fox19.com/story/13628117/cancer-cluster-documentary-is-complete "Filmmaker completes cancer cluster documentary"], [[WTOL]]</ref> |
Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, many citizens of Clyde, and of Ohio in general, held fundraisers,<ref>October 12, 2008, Nick Dutton, [http://www.fox19.com/story/9165801/hundreds-attend-fundraiser-for-clyde-cancer-kids "Hundreds attend fundraiser for Clyde cancer kids"], [[WTOL]]</ref><ref>July 13, 2011, [http://www.cleveland19.com/story/15074648/hiseys "Clyde family hosts golf benefit for cancer cluster"], [[WOIO]]</ref> gave donations, and helped maintain memories of those who died in the cluster.<ref>October 23, 2009, Jonathan Walsh, [http://www.fox19.com/story/11370805/perrysburg-boy-works-to-honor-alexa-browns-memo "Perrysburg boy works to honor Alexa Brown's memory"], [[WTOL]]</ref> Several documentaries by citizens of Clyde were created that centered around personal experiences with cancer and the effects it had on the Clyde community.<ref>March 3, 2010, Erica Shaffer [http://www.fox19.com/story/12078827/clyde-students-earn-state-award-for-cancer-documentary "Clyde students earn state award for cancer documentary"], [[WTOL]]</ref><ref>December 7, 2010, [http://www.fox19.com/story/13628117/cancer-cluster-documentary-is-complete "Filmmaker completes cancer cluster documentary"], [[WTOL]]</ref> |
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The Clyde cancer cluster (also known as the Clyde, Ohio cancer cluster or the Sandusky County cancer cluster) is a childhood cancer cluster that has affected many families in Clyde, Ohio, United States and surrounding areas. The cluster is said to have started in 1996, but grew into a serious issue by 2005.[1][2] From 2013 to 2015, the Whirlpool Corporation was faced with a lawsuit based upon claims that it had caused the cluster. The claim described the company's actions when they used their own former public park (Whirlpool Park), located in Green Springs, Ohio, as a dumping ground for polychlorinated biphenyls. This lawsuit was dismissed in 2014.[3]
Early investigation
In 2006, the Ohio Department of Health recognized that the incidence of child cancer cases in the Clyde area was abnormally high, and in 2007, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency started investigating possible causes.[4] Many community members became angry because of what they perceived as little progress made by the agency throughout this series of investigations.[5][6][7][8] The lack of possible causes found during the early investigations of the cluster was a source of continuing worry for the affected community.[9][10][11]
In December 2009, at a meeting with affected families, the Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency distributed a map of the area pinpointing the locations of the homes of children who had cancer.[12]
Funding
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In 2009, former Clyde residents Warren and Wendy Brown, the parents of Alexa Brown, one of the children who died from the cancer, moved to Washington, D.C. to contribute to the cluster's investigation through politics.[13]
Whirlpool Corporation investigation
In late 2011 and early 2012, over a period of several months, the Environmental Protection Agency tested soil in several different parts of Clyde and surrounding areas.[14][15] In late July 2012, investigators found polychlorinated biphenyls, which is a probable human carcinogen,[16][17] in the soil of the property that was formerly known as Whirlpool Park,[2] a recreational park that was owned by the Whirlpool Corporation until the park was shut down in 2008.[18] This park, located in Green Springs, Ohio, consisted of a pool, children's playing equipment, and a basketball court, and the property was apparently used as a dumping ground for this toxic waste.[19] The agency investigated Clyde's Whirlpool plant further, and found no other Whirlpool facilities in Clyde containing any illegal chemical substances.[20]
On March 28, 2013, a $750 million class action lawsuit[21] was filed against Whirlpool,[22] other companies suspected of also dumping toxic waste at the park, and the family who currently owns the property that was formerly Whirlpool Park.[23] This lawsuit, Wendy Brown, et al. v. Whirlpool Corporation,[24] consisted of 27 plaintiffs, including both Wendy and Warren Brown. The amount sought was for the expenses of cleaning the houses containing benzaldehyde and for cleaning the park, as well as the damage the cluster caused altogether.[25] The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, at the plaintiffs request, in early 2015 with no reason given.[26][27][28] Whirlpool promised to rid the property of all toxic waste in August 2015.[29][30]
In popular culture
Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, many citizens of Clyde, and of Ohio in general, held fundraisers,[31][32] gave donations, and helped maintain memories of those who died in the cluster.[33] Several documentaries by citizens of Clyde were created that centered around personal experiences with cancer and the effects it had on the Clyde community.[34][35]
See also
References
- ^ Seewer, John (25 May 2011). "'Cancer Cluster' Baffles Experts: 35 Kids In 12-Mile Radius Diagnosed Since 1996". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ^ a b August 1, 2012, "Clyde Cancer Cluster clue", WOIO
- ^ https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-ohnd-3_13-cv-01092/pdf/USCOURTS-ohnd-3_13-cv-01092-0.pdf
- ^ November 6, 2008, Jonathan Walsh, "News 11 Special Report: Cancer Cluster", WTOL
- ^ November 8, 2008, Jonathan Walsh, "Woman takes action in Clyde cancer cluster study", WTOL
- ^ November 19, 2008, Jonathan Walsh "Residents demand answers in cancer cluster case", WTOL
- ^ August 18, 2011, "Getting Action: Feds travel to Clyde, OH to investigate Cancer Cluster", WOIO
- ^ December 3, 2009, Jonathan Walsh, "Parents of kids with cancer frustrated with Ohio Department of Health", WTOL
- ^ June 17, 2011, "Ohio's Federal EPA Director questioned about the Clyde Cancer Cluster", WOIO
- ^ February 9, 2011, "Exclusive: Terrified Ohio parents want to know what's killing their children", WOIO
- ^ February 10, 2011, "Part II: Terrified Ohio parents want to know what's killing their children", WOIO
- ^ December 15, 2009, Lisa Strawbridge, "Map released of expanded cancer cluster", WTOL
- ^ November 25, 2009, Jonathan Walsh, "Taking a look at funding for childhood cancer research", WTOL
- ^ January 5, 2012, "Cancer Cluster: EPA to test over a dozen sites in Sandusky County", WOIO
- ^ August 29, 2011, "Soil sample test results in Clyde cancer cluster investigation", WOIO
- ^ "PCB, Basic Information". EPA.gov. Environmental Protection Agency/US Gov. 2015. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Robertson, Larry W.; Ludewig, Gabriele (2011-01-01). "Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) carcinogenicity with special emphasis on airborne PCBs". Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft = Air quality control / Herausgeber, BIA und KRdL im VDI und DIN. 71 (1–2): 25–32. ISSN 0949-8036. PMC 3113507. PMID 21686028.
- ^ "Clyde Cancer Cluster", Charles E. Boyk Ohio Personal Injury Lawyers
- ^ November 14, 2012, "Whirlpool Park near Clyde, Ohio found to be toxic dumping ground", Newton Independent
- ^ November 14, 2012, "Victims' families start Clyde Cancer Cluster investigation", WOIO
- ^ May 27, 2013, Emily Valdez, "Residents Briefed on ‘Clyde Cancer Cluster’ Case", WJW
- ^ March 28, 2013, "$750 million class-action lawsuit filed in Clyde, Ohio, cancer cluster case", Associated Press
- ^ March 29, 2013, Tom Jackson, "Lawsuit blames Whirlpool for cancer cluster", Sandusky Register
- ^ Case No. 3:13CV1092: Wendy Brown, et al. v. Whirlpool Corporation
- ^ May 15, 2013, Vanessa McCray, "27 plaintiffs sue Whirlpool over Clyde cancer cluster", The Blade
- ^ February 21, 2015, "Ohio families drop cancer cluster suit against Whirlpool", The Washington Times
- ^ February 18, 2015, Kristina Smith, "Cancer cluster lawsuit against Whirlpool dropped", Fremont News Messenger
- ^ November 9, 2013, Kristina Smith, "One of Two Lawsuits against Whirlpool for Clyde cancer cluster dismissed", Fremont News Messenger
- ^ July 31, 2015, Kristina Smith, "Whirlpool agrees to clean up toxic former park", Fremont News Messenger
- ^ August 5, 2015, Tom Jackson, "Whirlpool clean up former Whirlpool Park", Sandusky Register
- ^ October 12, 2008, Nick Dutton, "Hundreds attend fundraiser for Clyde cancer kids", WTOL
- ^ July 13, 2011, "Clyde family hosts golf benefit for cancer cluster", WOIO
- ^ October 23, 2009, Jonathan Walsh, "Perrysburg boy works to honor Alexa Brown's memory", WTOL
- ^ March 3, 2010, Erica Shaffer "Clyde students earn state award for cancer documentary", WTOL
- ^ December 7, 2010, "Filmmaker completes cancer cluster documentary", WTOL
