My wife’s sister passed away from cancer some years ago. There was a large fruit orchard right behind them which was periodically sprayed, year after year. Although not proven, the neighbors and family believe the spraying may have been the cause due to the high incidence of cancer in the surrounding neighborhood. No way to prove it of course, so I suppose we’ll never know for sure.
That's a strong likelihood. There are cluster incidences of cancer. I wonder if anyone has done a study on that particular area.
My husband grew up on an ORCHARD....with heavy duty spraying (commercial fruit).....no one in his family has had problems with cancer, except colon and prostate - at later stages of life (i.e. kinda normal). I suppose the immune systems of people could affect their susceptibility...but, that’s a crapshoot.