AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Developer's two-decade-old notes deepen questions about rare childhood cancer cluster in Ladera Ranch
Handwritten notes unearthed from the archives of the company that built Ladera Ranch, California, have added new urgency to families' demands for answers about a cluster of rare cancer cases that has killed at least three young residents. The notes, written on a Department of Conservation permit during the community's construction in the early 2000s, […] The post Developer's two-decade-old notes deepen questions about rare childhood cancer cluster in Ladera Ranch appeared first on American Almanac .
Handwritten notes unearthed from the archives of the company that built Ladera Ranch, California, have added new urgency to families' demands for answers about a cluster of rare cancer cases that has killed at least three young residents. The notes, written on a Department of Conservation permit during the community's construction in the early 2000s, carry a warning that reads like a loose thread someone chose not to pull: "This well is not to be built over without further considerations." A second notation, "put on final letter", suggests someone at DMB Development, the company that built the upscale Orange County community, wanted the caution formally documented. Both lines also appear typed in the final report of well abandonment, the…Open