Study: Water safe in community with cancer cases
THE ACREAGE, Fla. (AP) – A state environmental study shows that the drinking water appears safe in a Palm Beach County community seeing a high number of brain cancer cases.
The findings released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection found there are no signs the water in The Acreage is being contaminated with industrial or agricultural pollution.
Fears of environmental hazards driving up cancer rates in The Acreage prompted the tests. State health officials in late August said elevated levels of cancer might exist in The Acreage but noted their analysis was based on possibly outdated statistics from the 2000 U.S. Census.
The state Department of Health is still investigating whether a cancer cluster exists in the community.