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'This well is not to be built over': A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer

Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now raised a cancer concern with the California Department of Public Health that children or young adults of the ranch are suffering from Ewing sarcoma, a very rare cancer that starts in bone or soft tissue. About 2.9 out of every 1 million kids get Ewing sarcoma each year in the US, but the number for Orange County is 3.1.

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