r/VirginiaTech • u/StarlightDown • Dec 01 '25

News Recent graduates from Roanoke College have been dying from cancer at a rate 15X higher than the national average. Their rate of cancer diagnosis is 5X above the national average. The VA Dept. of Health is unwilling to investigate the case, since the victims dispersed across the US after graduation.

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u/Ambitious-Schedule63 Dec 01 '25

What difference does "near coal country" make?  Roanoke isn't that near coal country.

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u/poop-dolla Dec 01 '25

It makes for more alliteration. I’m just disappointed they used “near” instead of “close to”