Second rare cancer type identified in growing Southern California cluster

One teenager died from Ewing sarcoma; five other children sickened with rare cancer diagnoses in the cluster.

In the sun-warmed neighborhoods of Orange County, California, a rare and devastating pattern has emerged: six children in and around Ladera Ranch have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer so uncommon that its concentration in a single community defies ordinary probability. One teenager has already died. The clustering has drawn the attention of local officials and public health investigators who are now asking whether something in the environment — pesticides, soil, water — has been quietly harming the youngest residents of this community. It is the kind of moment that forces a soc

Second rare cancer type identified in growing Southern California cluster

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