{"id":15334,"date":"2013-01-28T09:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15334"},"modified":"2013-01-28T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T15:31:27","slug":"americas-cancer-clusters-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/americas-cancer-clusters-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#039;s Cancer Clusters [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, I like to keep a positive focus here at sustainablog: there are plenty of other information sources out there on the environmental challenges we face. But, every so often, we can use a reminder of what we&#8217;re up against. \u00a0This infographic nicely sums up one of the potential outcomes of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2013\/01\/detoxing-fashion-greenpeace\/\">releasing toxins into the environment<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/ozhouse.org\/2012\/06\/14\/world-health-organization-diesel-exhaust-causes-cancer-and-tumours\/\">cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, some of us have a genetic predisposition to forms of this disease, and there are causes of it that we&#8217;d label &#8220;natural.&#8221; But the broad view of what&#8217;s causing cancer in the US is pretty scary. Take a look at the information gathered up here, and let us know what you think. (Click on the graphic for a larger version.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-nursing-schools.net\/cancer-clusters\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ig.best-nursing-schools.net\/americas-cancer-clusters.png\" alt=\"America's Cancer Clusters\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-nursing-schools.net\/cancer-clusters\/\">America&#8217;s Cancer Clusters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your location play into your likelihood of developing cancer? This infographic shows where cancer tends to &#8220;cluster&#8221; in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,21],"tags":[1172,6287,4961,653,1679,2013],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cancer Clusters in the United States [Infographic]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Does your location increase the likelihood of getting cancer? 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