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		<title>Health Alert: Disease Clusters Spotlight the Need to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2011/03/29/health-alert-disease-clusters-spotlight-the-need-to-protect-people-from-toxic-chemicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NDCA teamed with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to report on 42 disease clusters in 13 states. We intend to complete this pilot project and cover all 50 states and U.S. territories. Read the report. Health Alert: Disease Clusters Spotlight the Need to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals [pdf 1.5MB]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA agrees with state: No evidence of water, soil pollution in Acreage</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/10/23/epa-agrees-with-state-no-evidence-of-water-soil-pollution-in-acreage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mitra Malek, The Palm Beach Post THE ACREAGE — Federal regulators have signed off on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection&#8217;s conclusion that no evidence exists of water or soil pollution in The Acreage, despite that community&#8217;s state-declared cancer cluster. The nod is yet another indication that the state is winding down its investigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anguished families aren&#8217;t alone</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/09/07/anguished-families-arent-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/09/07/anguished-families-arent-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://clusteralliance.org/?p=1548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Palm Beach Post, The (FL) &#8211; Tuesday, September 7, 2010 By MITRA MALEK Palm Beach Post Staff Writer When children were coming down with leukemia roughly once a month in a small farming community in western Nevada, health experts were confident they would pinpoint the cause. Potential culprits weren&#8217;t hard to find in Fallon, 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call to Action</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/07/06/a-call-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[industrial pollutants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pensacola News Journal Editorial series, part 5: A Call to Action Measuring pollution&#8217;s impact So how do scientists try to measure the impact of pollution? They look at broad areas — such as ZIP codes — and try to draw conclusions about what they find. They use “models” that tell them what they might find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four cancer high risk spots in Pensacola area</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/12/four-cancer-high-risk-spots-in-pensacola-area/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/06/12/four-cancer-high-risk-spots-in-pensacola-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://clusteralliance.org/?p=865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pensacola News Journal A study of air quality in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties calculated elevated cancer risks based on cumulative lifetime exposure to air pollutants in four areas. Here are the areas of highest risk attributed to nearby industries. 1. Northeastern Santa Rosa County along County Road 191 centered on Florida Gas Transmission Co.’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>`Cancer cluster&#8217; in The Acreage may be claiming animals</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/06/cancer-cluster-in-the-acreage-may-be-claiming-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/06/cancer-cluster-in-the-acreage-may-be-claiming-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The so-called cancer cluster at The Acreage in Palm Beach County may be claiming animals as victims in addition to people. BY KRISTINA WEBB Beacon Blog Miami Herald Acreage resident Gail Bass never expected what she saw from her window five months ago. The creature perched on her bird feeder looked like a squirrel, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Cluster In Florida Worries Parents</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/06/cancer-cluster-in-florida-worries-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/04/06/cancer-cluster-in-florida-worries-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://clusteralliance.org/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by GREG ALLEN, National Public Radio (NPR) In Florida&#8217;s Palm Beach County, residents of a rural community find themselves caught in a medical mystery. Over the past 16 years, at least 13 cases of brain cancer have been diagnosed among children living in an area called The Acreage. State and federal health officials have designated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study showing high cancer rates sets off a firestorm among Acreage residents</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/03/05/study-showing-high-cancer-rates-sets-off-a-firestorm-among-acreage-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/03/05/study-showing-high-cancer-rates-sets-off-a-firestorm-among-acreage-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://clusteralliance.org/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A study that identifies the bottom third of Florida as a massive brain cancer cluster has set off a firestorm among Acreage residents worried about their community&#8217;s reputation. They insist the report, which surfaced on the Internet last month, is proof that cancer isn&#8217;t a problem solely for their central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health officials in 1980s warned of health hazards in Acreage</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/03/04/health-officials-in-1980s-warned-of-health-hazards-in-acreage/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/03/04/health-officials-in-1980s-warned-of-health-hazards-in-acreage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Al Pefley CBS12.com Tonight, an I-Team Investigation reveals there was possible ground contamination discovered years ago in the Acreage. It happened long before the pediatric cancer cluster was ever confirmed. A new report shows state health officials likely knew about environmental contamination in the Acreage decades ago. We just got our hands on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents, lawmakers angry as health officials give up hunt for Acreage cancer cause</title>
		<link>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/02/03/residents-lawmakers-angry-as-health-officials-give-up-hunt-for-acreage-cancer-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://clusteralliance.org/2010/02/03/residents-lawmakers-angry-as-health-officials-give-up-hunt-for-acreage-cancer-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MITRA MALEK Palm Beach Post Staff Writer THE ACREAGE — Outrage erupted among residents and politicians Wednesday after state health officials announced they don&#8217;t plan to search for an environmental cause of The Acreage’s cancer cluster — and instead will mount a campaign to raise “awareness” about childhood brain cancer. The announcement came from [...]]]></description>
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