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West Palm Beach Acreage- Update On Cancer Testing in the Acreage.

West Palm Beach Acreage- Update on Cancer Testing in the Acreage.

Residents of the acreage area of West Palm Beach, west of West Palm Beach, North of Royal Palm Beach and Wellington Florida and East of Loxahatchee Florida- were and some still are concerned about contamination that may have been the cause of an increase of residents getting cancer in a specific area of the Acreage. This semi-rural area has about 45,000 residents.

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The Acreage consists of homes that are all on at least one (1) acre of land with most being on plotted land of 1.25 acre per home. This is a very popular place for many people to live especially people who do not want to be bossed around by homeowners associations. There is no homeowners association and the county is the only entity that enforces code enforcement. Those who love animals also are attracted to the Acreage area because you can have your horses, dogs, chickens, roosters and goats on your property unlike most towns and subdivisions in Palm Beach County where you would have limits to how many dogs you can even have.

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Erin Brockovich even came here to meet with area residents who are concerned about a link between the land and the cancer rates. The state of Florida did a lot of testing and the state regulator's finding that the well water has met with the Florida health standards. The law firm that Erin Brockovich works with is doing a further investigation to see if there is a link between contamination and brain cancer in that area.

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A few parents who have children who have died from the brain cancer think that they are not testing for the right contaminants in the right places. The DEP tested for over 200 substances.

If you live in the Acreage area of West Palm Beach and you are concerned about this issue you may contact the Florida State Department of Health.

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Posted by Nestor & Katerina Gasset Realtors® Wellington Florida Luxury Homes on 10/12/2009 12:30 AM

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8 Comments on West Palm Beach Acreage- Update On Cancer Testing in the Acreage.

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Katerina,

I did not even know about that area. It is interesting that you can find places like this in Palm Beach County. Good post, very informative.

I think it was not that long ago, when I congratulated you on 500K points, and now I even missed when you hit 600K.

Congrats

Jon- You sent me a very nice private email congrats on 600K points. You did take notice and I was thrilled you did. Look at some of these great homes on acreage. They have some great values now of course. Lots of short sales too! Katerina

Research shows pesticides and smoked foods contribute to brain cancer. One way to tell if you are in a healthy environment is to look at the trees and see if they have growths on them like green grey attachments that can only grow if the air is clean and there is the right climatic conditions. it is a science thing--I think they are called lichens. Lichens filter the air we breathe so we want them around and they are like an algae.

Monika- I think that people worry too much about things causing cancer outside of their homes and within the environment rather than where the real culprits are- in your indoor polution, cooking with teflon, using microwaves and eating bad foods. We stopped using teflon many years ago, got rid of our microwave about 7 years ago. We don't eat any dairy- casein is the precurser for cancer. We don't eat preservatives, food colorings, chemically laden foods, etc. We are what we eat. People want to blame outside forces most of the time ( sometimes they are right) but they need to look within first. We have to take responsibility for what we put in and on our bodies. Stress breaks down the cancer fighters in our cells. Katerina

Interesting. There is a small community, actually a town, in Anne Arundel County MD that showed an unusually high incidence of childhood cancer. It was linked to the well water in the area.

I've refused to sell homes in that town for about 20 years since the stats were made public. That's about all I can do.

I've heard of this area. LOL

There has to be a link someone, I am sure Florida and the agency's aren't looking hard enough.

Katerina, I am sure there are folks who want to know and folks who don't want to find an answer to the question of is there a link or not. Nice delivery of the picuture of what's going on.

OCT

This is an intersting post. The subdivision sounds nice enough, except for the alarming statistics. I hope they can find out what it is and take measures to remedy it.

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