
Clyde, Ohio, Cancer Cluster
Season 22 Episode 8 | 27m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Book follows a Clyde, OH, child cancer cluster from the author and parents of a child
In 2006, families in Clyde, Ohio, began to notice an unusually high rate of cancer in local children. Jonathan Walsh was a local reporter covering the story and has chronicled what happened in his book, “Is My Child Next?” On this episode, we talk with Walsh and the parents of an 11-year-old girl who died as a result of toxic sludge in the soil at a local park.
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Clyde, Ohio, Cancer Cluster
Season 22 Episode 8 | 27m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
In 2006, families in Clyde, Ohio, began to notice an unusually high rate of cancer in local children. Jonathan Walsh was a local reporter covering the story and has chronicled what happened in his book, “Is My Child Next?” On this episode, we talk with Walsh and the parents of an 11-year-old girl who died as a result of toxic sludge in the soil at a local park.
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