It’s an area considered one of America’s safest.
But that notion has been rocked for a rising number of Ladera Ranch parents, watching at least a half dozen local kids battling rare cancers, with a few dying earlier this year.
Since the cases grew in recent years, parents in this affluent community in the midst of South Orange County have increasingly been pressing for answers, mainly focusing on the pesticides and herbicides sprayed by landscapers working for their local homeowner association…