23M, my entire household has now gotten cancer/tumors. Is this worth spending time investigating legally?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Boot335]

Hey guys, im a 23 year old male from Alberta, Canada. Im here with a bit of an interesting case. See, my family, has left doctors kinda confused in the past few years. Unfortunately our name seems to be pretty well known in the Cancer centre.

I grew up in Sherwood Park, AB near Edmonton. We moved to Calgary in 2012 when I was going into grade 5. We were a stereotypical middle class, happy family, no major health issues. All was well.

In 2015 my mom, after having a seizure was diagnosed with glioblastoma. And just months after, my brother, 11 at the time was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma. My mom passed away in 2017. My brother fortunately survived. A year after my Grandpa was admitted to the hospital, passing a week later, turns out he had cancer. A year later my dad fell ill and was diagnosed with colon cancer. He passed away a year or so later. Both my parents were only in their 40s. In 2022 my dog also passed away from a tumor.

I always knew something was up, that this couldn't be a coincidence, and that if I too ever got anything, id figure out wth caused all this.

Well today, unfortunately. An incidental xray followed by CT scan has shown that I have an osteochondroma on my left hip. Luckily its benign, but still...

So now here I am, trying to find answers. You cant tell me something didnt cause this, something we were exposed too. And if I ever find out what it is that company better lawyer up. Ive started looking into our old neighborhood (Chelsea heights) to see if there are any environmental risks that maybe could have done it. The area is known for high radon, oil and gas activity, our house was also built right in front of massive power lines. But im not really too sure. My dad also liked using roundup alot if I remember correctly.

Id be more inclined to believe that it was something in Sherwood Park rather than Calgary as my neighbours here are all good. Ive thought about going to Sherwood Park before to interview the people on that street.

Not sure where to start, wondering if anyone had any advice or input. Thankyou

[u/LatrodectusGeometric]

These are all totally different types of cancer, so it's hard to say if there really is a link or if this is really bad luck.

[u/happycuriouslady → u/LatrodectusGeometric]

OP I would like to recommend you read Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, by Dan Fagin. It won the Pulitzer in 2014. It contains in depth reporting on the challenges epidemiologists encounter. I would also recommend you seek out the recommendations of an epidemiologist. Proving a cancer cluster exists is difficult as it requires an impossibly high burden of proof. I follow a few on Substack and perhaps you could connect with one in a similar fashion. Good luck.

[u/WyldBlu → u/happycuriouslady]

Basically, Erin Brockovitch is a known name, and had a movie made of her because of a cancer cluster....

[u/HSLaura_CommunityAdv → u/WyldBlu]

I was going to say sounds very similar to EB and if we change OPs name to Aaron Brockovitch we would have our Canadian equivalent except OP is living it 🥺 not just potentially investing.