{"id":5656,"date":"2008-01-08T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T00:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5656"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:14:50","slug":"maple-ridge-bc-cancer-cluster-10-teachers-at-canadian-school-surrounded-by-3-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5656","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Cluster hits Canadian School surrounded by 3 Towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-frxe1dedvhk\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:75.000000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-frxe1dedvhk\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fRXe1DeDvhk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fRXe1DeDvhk?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emrabc.ca\\\/?p=5656#arve-youtube-frxe1dedvhk\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/fRXe1DeDvhk?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>9 teachers and 2 students that have been diagnosed with cancer while working or attending Riverside..\u00a0\u00a0 The most recent death due to cancer was last week; one of the teachers there developed\u00a0<strong>brain cancer<\/strong>.\u00a0 She appeared to be fine in November (2007), but now the school and the teachers family is mourning the loss..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/westcoastnews\/story.html?id=ed62352a-0bf0-4e78-8ec4-85946a1e603c\">http:\/\/www.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/westcoastnews\/story.html?id=ed62352a-0bf0-4e78-8ec4-85946a1e603c<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/theprovince\/news\/story.html?id=0be41dba-71fa-4263-9d43-258972dc7ffb\">http:\/\/www.canada.com\/theprovince\/news\/story.html?id=0be41dba-71fa-4263-9d43-258972dc7ffb<\/a>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.eagleinbc.com\/2008-01-11\/riverside-elementary-cancer\/\">link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Cancer cluster hits school<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>BY THE VANCOUVER SUN<\/b>\u00a0JANUARY 8, 2008<\/p>\n<p>MAPLE RIDGE \u2013 The B.C. Cancer Agency will study a cluster of cancer diagnoses \u2014 10 teachers over several years \u2014 at Riverside elementary in the <a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?s=maple+ridge\">Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that\u2019s a fairly high number compared to the general population,\u201d said district teachers\u2019 union president Drusilla Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>The school board\u2019s occupational health and safety officer, Judy Dueck, said a \u201cwhole bunch of variables\u201d need to be looked at to determine whether this is a cancer cluster or just a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re prepared to carry through because the anxiety levels are high,\u201d Dueck said.<\/p>\n<p>The study will be led by the B.C. Cancer Agency, and Dueck is starting to collect data for it, starting with a staff survey at Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>The latest cancer victim from Riverside died on Jan. 2 of brain cancer. However, all her colleagues who have been diagnosed have recovered. The cancer types have ranged from breast cancer, throat and larynx cancer, to leukemia, according to Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 teachers and 2 students that have been diagnosed with cancer while working or attending Riverside..\u00a0\u00a0 The most recent death due to cancer was last week; one of the teachers there developed\u00a0brain cancer.\u00a0 She appeared to be fine in November (2007), but now the school and the teachers family is mourning the loss.. http:\/\/www.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/westcoastnews\/story.html?id=ed62352a-0bf0-4e78-8ec4-85946a1e603c http:\/\/www.canada.com\/theprovince\/news\/story.html?id=0be41dba-71fa-4263-9d43-258972dc7ffb\u00a0link [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[540,127,17,103,21,558,28,54,771,1020,23,208,351,7,4,118],"tags":[559,646,611,76,38],"class_list":["post-5656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3g","category-antenna","category-bc","category-canada","category-cancer","category-cancer-cluster","category-cell-tower","category-maple-ridge","category-mr4st","category-riverside-elementary-school","category-school","category-symptoms","category-television","category-wifi","category-wireless_devices","category-work-safe-bc","tag-british-columbia","tag-cancer-cluster","tag-cell-tower","tag-maple-ridge-2","tag-school-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5656"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13280,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5656\/revisions\/13280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}