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Local nurse urges faster state action after 13 pediatric cancer cases in Scott County
Summary
A board‑certified oncology nurse told the Scott County Board of Supervisors there have been 13 pediatric cancer diagnoses in the last two years and asked the county to press state agencies for a faster investigation and environmental testing.
Megan Smith, a board‑certified oncology nurse, told the Scott County Board of Supervisors that 13 children in the county have been diagnosed with cancer over the past two years and urged the board to press state agencies for a quicker, more public investigation.
"There has been an alarming increase of pediatric cancer cases in Scott County in the last 2 years. 13 is the total as of Monday," Smith said, reading case counts she said came from family reports and registry communications. She emphasized that the county has fewer than 4,000…
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