First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli in a Thursday letter called for an environmental investigation into reports by families in a wealthy Orange County community that several children living there were diagnosed with a rare cancer.
Essayli’s request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency comes after several parents told news outlet NBC Los Angeles earlier this month that their children had been diagnosed with cancers including synovial sarcoma, which takes root in tissue around joints and tendons, and the even more rare Ewing sarcoma, which cause tumors in soft tissue or bone.
One parent told the news outlet that her 18-year-old daughter had to have her right foot amputated after her diagnosis. Another family lost their 17-year-old son to cancer in March.
Essayli’s request notes that six children in the area have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma…