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Mother fears 'stinky neighborhood' caused son's cancer

Date: October 19, 2007

Author: MaryAnne Fox

QUOTE: No one can say for certain that Valentin's illness was caused by the air he breathed, but earlier this year, the University of Texas released a study showing that children who live within two miles of the ship channel have a 56 percent greater chance of getting leukemia than kids living elsewhere.

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