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Health officials to meet with families

Reported by: WPTV staff
Email: webteam@wptv.com
Last Update: 11/13/2009 6:08 am
THE ACREAGE, FL -- In the next three weeks, health officials will set up interviews with the families of 13 children who were diagnosed with brain tumors or brain cancer from 1993 to 2008.

In late August, the state health department determined Pediatric Brain Cancer rates in the Acreage deserved further investigation.

Investigators will ask about everything from household practices to how long the children have lived in the community.

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