42 Disease Clusters In 13 U.S. States Identified

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42 Disease Clusters In 13 U.S. States Identified

On March 29, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and National Disease Clusters Alliance identified 42 such disease clusters throughout 13 U.S. states. The NRDC defines disease clusters as "an unusually large number of people sickened by a disease in a certain place and time."

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee conducted a hearing on March 29 addressing the issue. Famous consumer health advocate Erin Brockovitch called on senators to pass a law documenting disease clusters in the U.S., reports Reuters.

Clusters can consist of various conditions: cancer, birth defects and other
chronic illnesses. The exact cause of these high-density, at-risk areas is unknown, but the NRDC reports they "have sometimes been linked to chemicals or other toxic pollutants in local communities." However, the organization admits that "these links can be controversial."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/disease-clusters-us-states_n_842529.html#s259789&title=Arkansas

[Satyagraha]

Report, Hearing Focus on Disease Clusters
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/EnvironmentalHealth/25604
Published: March 29, 2011

WASHINGTON -- A new report highlights 42 locations throughout the U.S. that have alarmingly higher incidences of certain diseases, including cancer and birth defects.

The report, released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the National Disease Clusters Alliance, surveyed 13 states in which so-called "disease clusters" had been identified by media reports and by local and state health agencies.

In most cases, the diseases were suspected to be caused by environmental factors, Gina Solomon, MD, MPH, senior scientist at the NRDC and one of the authors of the report, said in testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which held a hearing Tuesday on the issue of disease clusters.

One particularly bizarre cluster is occurring in Camp Lejeune, N.C., where 64 male Marines living on the base have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune is thought to be a possible carcinogen, said Solomon.

Other clusters include:

    * Leukemia in Fallon, Nev., where from 1999 to 2001, 11 children were diagnosed with leukemia. Scientists calculated that a cluster of this magnitude would occur naturally, by chance, once every 22,000 years
    * Testicular cancer in Prairie Grove, Ark., a town of 2,500 people, including three cases in 14-year-old boys
    * Birth defects in Kettleman City, Calif., a town of 1,500 people, including 20 babies born over less than two years with birth defects
    * Lou Gehrig's disease in Herculaneum, Mo.
    * Polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder, with four cases occurring in people living on one road in eastern Pennsylvania

"Although it is difficult to conclusively prove what caused any specific disease cluster, we can gather invaluable clues and hints from these tragic events," Solomon told the Senate committee.

Some clusters of cancer, birth defects, and other chronic illnesses such as asthma are thought to be linked to chemical exposure or other toxic pollutants. A 2010 report from the President's Cancer Panel pointed to pesticides, fertilizers, pharmaceutical by-products that enter the water supply, household chemicals, and tanning beds as potential causes of disease. Emissions from cars, trucks, and planes add to the toxic mix, the authors wrote. They concluded that "the true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated."

In an interview with MedPage Today, Solomon said she was surprised to learn that the CDC does not track or investigate disease clusters. In the 1990s, there was an investigation into a a childhood leukemia cluster in Woburn, Mass. that was discovered by mothers who were sitting with their children in the waiting room at the Dana Farber Cancer Center and recognized other families from their neighborhood.

State and local health agencies keep track of higher-than-usual disease reports, but there isn't a central location that keeps track of local reports, making it difficult to look for broader trends. Even those who are part of a possible cluster are often unaware that others in their community are experiencing the same disease.
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Hmmm... It's good to see that this group is paying attention to disease clusters.

You might expect that, since we're talking about DISEASE clusters, the people involved would include medical professionals. But that is not the case...  this is a very active lobbying group for global warming, with ties to George Soros.  That's food for thought.


The Huffington Post /AOLTimeWarner/ brings us this report, produced by:


The Natural Resources Defense Council: The Earth's Best Defense
http://www.nrdc.org/about/

NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

    * Founded: 1970
    * Mission: To safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
    * Status: Not-for-profit, tax-exempt, membership organization
    * Staff: 300+ lawyers, scientists and policy experts
    * Supporters: 1.3 million members and e-activists
    * Offices: New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing

News Sources:

"One of the nation's most powerful environmental groups."
    —The New York Times

"NRDC is, by many accounts, the most effective lobbying and litigating group on environmental issues."
    —The Wall Street Journal

"NRDC's lawyers are said by eco-observers to know more about environmental law than the government does."
    —U.S. News & World Report

http://www.nrdc.org/health/diseaseclusters/files/diseaseclusters_issuepaper.pdf
Acknowledgments
This report has been generously supported by Bauman Family Foundation, The Beldon Fund, Jewish Community
Foundation of Los Angeles, The John Merck Fund, and The Passport Foundation.

About NRDC

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with
more than 1.3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental
specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has
offices in New York City, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Livingston, Montana, and
Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org.

NRDC Director of Communications: Phil Gutis
NRDC Deputy Director of Communications: Lisa Goffredi
NRDC Publications Director: Anthony Clark
NRDC Publications Editor: Carlita Salazar

About NRDC: Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
(excerpted)

Daniel R. Tishman; Chair
Vice Chairman, AECOM Technology Corporation; Chairman and CEO of Tishman Construction Corp. of New York

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.; Chair Emeritus
Senior Counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

Adam Albright; Vice Chair
Private investor; Environmentalist

Patricia Bauman; Vice Chair
Co-director, Bauman Foundation

Robert J. Fisher; Vice Chair
Director, GAP Inc.

Alan Horn; Vice Chair
President and COO, Warner Brothers

Joy Covey; Treasurer
President, Beagle Foundation

John H. Adams; Founding Director
Chair, Open Space Institute

Richard E. Ayres, Esq.
The Ayres Law Group

Anna Scott Carter
Consultant, NRDC; Environmentalist

Susan Crown
Principal, Henry Crown and Company; Executive, Foundation Chairman, Community Activist

Laurie P. David
Producer; Activist

Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor; Environmentalist

John E. Echohawk
Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund

Bob Epstein
Co-Founder, Sybase, Inc., and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2); Organizer and Director, New Resource Bank

Michel Gelobter, Ph.D.
Founder, CEO, Cooler Inc.

Arjun Gupta
Founder and Managing Partner, Telesoft Partners

Van Jones
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Founder and Advisor, Green for All
This is a link to Soros...

Since the Obama administration took over in Jan. 2009, the Center for American Progress, led by former Clinton Chief of Staff, John Podesta, has played a major role in forming the administration’s energy policies. CAP , of course is the George Soros sponsored “progressive” think tank. In April 2009, a CAP report stated that the America has a moral obligation to spend whatever is necessary to help poorer nations deal with the effects of the “global warming” caused by industrialized nations like the U.S. They already used the EPA to declare that emissions of six key greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride “threaten the public health and welfare of the American people”. Since the inauguration the administration has been pursuing Cap & Trade, the Copenhagen Treaty and the rest of the “green agenda” with a passion. At one point the White House even appointed a known progressive revolutionary, Van Jones as their ”Green Jobs Czar”. He has since stepped down and returned to a role at CAP.

Philip B. Korsant
Managing Member, Korsant Partners, LLC

Nicole Lederer
Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)

Michael Lynton
Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Shelly B. Malkin
Landscape painter; Conservationist

Josephine A. Merck
Artist; Founder, Ocean View Foundation

Mary Moran
NRDC Global Council Member

Peter A. Morton
Chairman/Founder, 510 Development Corp.

Wendy Neu
Senior Vice President, Hugo Neu Corp; Grassroots community organizer and activist

Frederica Perera, Ph.D.
Professor, Columbia University; Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

Robert Redford
Actor; Director; Conservationist

Laurance Rockefeller
Conservationist

Jonathan F.P. Rose
President, Jonathan Rose Cos., LLC

Thomas W. Roush, M.D.
Private investor; Environmental activist

Philip (Pete) Ruegger III
Chairman, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett LLP; Chairman of the Board of Henry Street Settlement House

Christine H. Russell, Ph.D.
Environmentalist; Foundation director

William H. Schlesinger
President, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Wendy Schmidt
President, The Schmidt Family Foundation; Founder, The 11th Hour Project

James Gustave Speth
Professor of Law, Vermont Law School; Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos

Max Stone
Managing Director, D.E. Shaw & Company, L.P.

James Taylor
Singer/Songwriter

Gerald Torres
Bryant Smith Chair, University of Texas Law School

Elizabeth Wiatt
Environmentalist; Founder, Leadership Council

George M. Woodwell, Ph.D.
Founder, Woods Hole Research Center

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End Times Plagues? 42 Clusters Of Different Diseases Identified In U.S. States, But Researchers Say This Is Just The Beginning


A worrying report claims there are 42 disease clusters across 13 states in the U.S. which include numerous types of cancer, birth defects and other chronic illnesses. The study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Disease Clusters Alliance drew on research by federal, state and local officials and peer reviewed academic studies. They have warned that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that there are likely more in other states which will be revealed through further study. The states that are affected are Texas, California, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Delaware, Louisiana, Montana, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. They are now urging federal coordination and support to help confirm these clusters and determine their causes.... The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday on disease clusters and environmental health. On Tuesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled an oversight hearing on the issue.




More On The 42 Disease Clusters In U.S. States

At least 42 disease clusters have occurred in 13 U.S. states, according to a report Monday by environmentalists calling for further study of the cause of these health problems. "Communities all around the country struggle with unexplained epidemics of cancers, birth defects and neurological diseases," report co-author Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Naural Resources Defense Council, said in announcing the findings. "The faster we can identify such clusters, and the sooner we can figure out the causes, the better we can protect residents living in the affected communities." On Tuesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled an oversight hearing on the issue. Among those testifying, aside from Solomon, are Trevor Schaefer, a 21-year old survivor of brain cancer from Boise, and Erin Brockovich, who became a household name when her fight to document a disease cluster in Hinkley, Calif., was turned into an eponymous movie starring Julia Roberts.



New Strain Of Influenza

Despite a decline in flu cases in North Carolina, state and federal health officials are investigating a new strain of the influenza virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted lab tests and determined that Tamiflu, the influenza antiviral drug, has slightly less effect on the new virus. Scientists say the reason appears to be a genetic change in the virus that has not been seen in samples from other states. "These particular viruses are less sensitive to the drug in the lab, but they are not resistant," said Dr. Zack Moore of the N.C. Division of Public Health. "We want to assure physicians and their patients that antiviral drugs remain an effective treatment for influenza."

[attietewd]

I live in rural Pa.  My 31 year old daughter was diagnosed with Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which later was said to trigger MS.  The neurologist said the disease was triggered by a live vaccine her son had received which infected her via body waste during diaper change.  He said it was EXTREMELY RARE.  He also said there is no way to prove causality.  In my very small community I met a gentleman who asked me if it was true how my daughter got sick.  I told him yes, through her son's vaccine.  He told me his 23 year old daughter had the EXACT same diagnosis.  First ADEM, then triggered MS.  She had no children but she was a caregiver to other's children.  His daughter died at 26 from choking on food.  How rare is it if there are two cases in one small community? 

[Kilika]

One particularly bizarre cluster is occurring in Camp Lejeune, N.C., where 64 male Marines living on the base have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune is thought to be a possible carcinogen, said Solomon.

WOW! That's not an anomoly. That's a poisoning. They shouldn't have but MAYBE one case on the whole base.

The damage from the contaminated water well(at least I think it was Lejeune) is rearing it's ugly head it seems.

How common is male breast cancer?

Male breast cancer is a rare condition, accounting for only about 1% of all breast cancers. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2010, about 1,970 new cases of breast cancer in men would be diagnosed and that breast cancer would cause approximately 390 deaths in men (in comparison, almost 40,000 women die of breast cancer each year). Breast cancer is 100 times more common in women than in men. Most cases of male breast cancer are detected in men between the ages of 60 and 70, although the condition can develop in men of any age. A man's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is about 1/10 of 1%, or one in 1,000.

http://www.medicinenet.com/male_breast_cancer/article.htm

[John_Back_From_The_Club_O]

This is all a part of the NEO-social networking to combat the tuth movement social networks. i.e how we stopped the H1N1 pandemic hoax.

All tracking and tracing of disease will be done by special interest. (to the NWO)

Problem - Reaction - Solution

Compartmentalized yahoos with big pharma / big insurance / big government will be the ones driving public policy over ALL these 'emerging diseases'.  All in the name of concerned 'grassroots organizations'.

Any wonder why Huff Post would be blabbing all of this in the first place?

[John_Back_From_The_Club_O]

...and software has already been developed that will plug into Google mapping and tracking

BioMedware software refines process for tracking disease clusters

http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/05/biomedware_software_refines_pr.html

It all sounds reasonable. Right?  It all would be BUT, there is one little problem...

Since the federal government wants to make it the 'law' to do all this tracking, which in fact, IS already being done but the data is hard to get a hold of by john q public, don't be surprised if YOU will be required by law to take a drug or vaccine IF you live in a 'designated' cluster down the road.

[Kilika]

About as reasonable as having everybody let Google store their medical records on their nifty "secure" cloud! 

[John_Back_From_The_Club_O]

About as reasonable as having everybody let Google store their medical records on their nifty "secure" cloud!  

When all this 'cloud computing' is being done in the name of 'saving lives', YOUR cloud will NOT be apart of the dialog when these special interest groups are 'suggesting' (wink, wink) public policy.

[John_Back_From_The_Club_O]

Enter: Social Media Monitoring.

Company: Visible Intelligence.  
Who bought Visible Intelligence? In-Q-Tel,
http://www.visibletechnologies.com/

Who is In-Q-Tel prey tell?
http://www.iqt.org/mission/our-aim.html

Why is social media monitoring a multi billion dollar investment to the NWO?
Hmmmmm? Maybe I'm just paranoid?
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/04/01/inqtel-ups-investment-visible-technologies

OBTW, the above is but ONE acquisition to monitor social networking trends.  DARPA along with the fusion threat intelligence apparatus have already invested billions in to this trends forecasting technology.

[John_Back_From_The_Club_O]

NEW LAB VIRUS: Highly Contagious AIDS-Like Disease Spreading in China
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/521/973/Highly_Contagious_AIDS-Like_Disease_Spreading_in_China.html&NL
From http://labvirus.wordpress.com/

In a small hotel across from the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a reporter from New Express Daily, dressed in an isolation suit, interviewed a dozen “unusual” patients from different areas of China. Their symptoms are painful and debilitating, and AIDS-like, but repeated tests for HIV have come up negative.
New Lab Virus Surfaces in —- CHINA!!!!

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