Orange County Parents Demand Answers on 35 Child Cancer Cases as Ladera Ranch Count Stays Under 11
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Updated · CBS New York · Jul 25
Orange County Parents Demand Answers on 35 Child Cancer Cases as Ladera Ranch Count Stays Under 11
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 25
Summary
California’s latest figures left Orange County families pressing for more detail after the cancer registry confirmed fewer than 11 Ewing sarcoma cases in Ladera Ranch without saying when diagnoses occurred.
Orange County officials say the most recent countywide data are from 2012-2021 and show 35 cases as of 2021, but they still lack a map pinpointing where those cases were found.
State and regional rates over that decade were similar—fewer than one case per 100,000 children in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties—leaving residents asking whether Ladera Ranch reflects a true cluster or a statistical anomaly.
Parents and Supervisor Katrina Foley are now seeking updated numbers and location data to determine whether cases have risen enough to warrant a broader public-health response.