Better Living Through Chemistry

In the Huffington Post

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

In December, reports emerged of a 12-mile radius in Clyde, Ohio, that had been addled by 35 cancer diagnoses over a 14-year span. Residents described being scared by a simple cough; parents worried over a mere sinus-infection or stomach ache. Their fears were not unfounded; state health authorities had declared the area a "cancer-cluster."

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."

 I noticed that Delaware was included, suggesting DuPont Chemical. It also focused on the exact home counties of the Dow Chemical Company in Michigan.In reading the report, industrial misuse of chemicals and heavy metals is a predominant common characteristic running through the communities. This is yet another instance of the Imbalance between Science for Profit and Science for Well-Being.

Follow the links in the article to download the full report, just in case you may be planning to retire or move to one of the communities listed.