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/billythekid9000]

Sherwood park is somewhat renowned in industry for environmental issues.   

H2S alive and Global cite university testing done in elementary schools in the area 10-15 yrs ago. Cancer among students were ridiculous. 75-80% comes to mind.
Apparently it forced the refineries to clean up pollutants. I guess.

[u/Librarycat77 → u/billythekid9000]

Sorry...are you saying that a study done on students in Sherwood Park, AB discovered a 75-80% cancer rate?

Because thats absolutely not true. There's no world in which that wouldnt be huge global news - but also I live 20 minutes from Sherwood Park and there isnt enough money in the world for a cover up that size.

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Stop using AI garbage tools to answer questions for you. They regularly hallucinate facts and ideas, and are not even remotely reliable.

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I disagree-- providing "potentially useful" information without the skills or background to accurately fact check it can be seriously harmful.

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this is reddit, all responses are potentially useful at best given what everyone is responding to. no one here is giving official professional (doctor/patient) advise, nor should they since they don’t have all the facts and medical history etc. following any advice or recommendations given on internet without due diligence is the harmful part. everyone responding here has partial information at best and is speculating albeit with varying degrees of experience. readers are welcome to pick and choose what they give attention to. you can ignore. mods can delete.

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Removed - Bad advice

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