7 children have been diagnosed with cancer in the last 4 years: the alarm is sounding in the town of California
Parents of a California city require further investigation of the presence of chemicals in water, soil and air after seven children have been diagnosed with cancer in the last 4 year.
Earlier this year, parents struggled to remove the cellular tower from the local primary school campus. Now they focus on the chemical in drinking water that is associated with cancer.
"Until we figure out what's going on in this town, we won't stop," said Kelly Prime, a mother whose son, Kyle, is one of seven children in Ripon diagnosed with cancer in recent years. Prime and another mother got the cell tower taken down, and then turned their attention to drinking water.
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“My gut tells me there’s something here that’s causing these problems,” Prime said.
Ripon once housed the Nestle plant, which used trichlorethylene, or TCE, which extracted caffeine from coffee before the 1970s. Nestle discharged the plant's sewage into the city sewer. TCE was recently discovered in one of five urban drinking water sources.
The City of Ripon said TCE levels reached 90% of the EPA maximum allowed in drinking water last summer. The well was closed four months later. The city says the water "meets all established drinking water standards." Nestle said that for more than 30 years, the company has "implemented... water treatment and protection measures to ensure... levels... do not exceed California standards."
But Vina Single, a scientist at the University of California at San Francisco, said that when it comes to chemicals like TCE, there are no safe levels of exposure.
“The drinking water standards and recommendations we have now are many decades old and do not take into account the latest scientific evidence that suggests pregnant women and children are more susceptible to TSE,” Singla said.
Millions of kilograms of TCE are used for production and degreasing every year. The chemical can migrate from industrial sites to the surrounding communities through soil and water, and can even turn into pure, odorless steam that rises into homes higher.
“We know it can cause cancer through any mode of infection,” Singla said.
Last year, CBS News was visited by Franklin, Indiana, where a dozen children were diagnosed with cancer. The non-profit organization found a high level of toxins, including TSE vapors, in homes near the old production site. Cleaning and testing according to EPA continues.
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In the village of White Bear, Minnesota, residents diagnosed with cancer and their families were outraged to learn that a company engaged in fishing and repairing batteries recognized that TCE had been leaking into the air for years, reaching a level seven times higher than acceptable .
In Ripon, families are calling for more steam testing. “We have many more questions than answers, so until we get answers to those questions, we are very concerned,” Prime said.
Regulators say that potential health effects from TCEs depend on the amount and duration of exposure.
But Prime says that when she sees the suffering of her son with her own eyes, she will do everything so that other parents do not experience the same pain.
"It's hell... it was life changing," Prime said. “He gets sick every day, loses weight, loses his hair.”
“We have to show that we will fight for them,” she said.
The Regional Water Council asked Nestle to conduct additional vapor testing to ensure that TCE levels comply with new, more stringent state regulations. Nestlé claims that the work plan was submitted and approved by the board.
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