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Here’s what happened when this North Carolina mom mapped local cancer cases using GIS software

By Mark A. Bonta / January 10, 2020 / Comments Off on Here’s what happened when this North Carolina mom mapped local cancer cases using GIS software

After a Mooresville, North Carolina, teenager was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, her mom realized that the child’s case was not unique to her home town.  So Susan Wind began collecting data, and, using her knowledge of geographic-information software, she plotted out thyroid cancer cases on a map.  What she discovered — an apparent cluster of thyroid […]

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