Toxic Secrets
37 ImagesA Fairfax Media investigation has uncovered at least 5 deaths from cancer and a further 16 cancer survivors who all attended Tartan Senior High School in Minnesota since 2002, and were all diagnosed during their elementary, middle or high school years or within 10 years of graduating. It brings the tally to at least 21 cases in 15 years, and it’s a revelation with huge significance in Australia. To licence these photos, go to http://professional.fairfaxsyndication.com
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Luminaria Ceremony, to honour those touched by cancer during Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Katelyn O'Connel is a cancer survivor, she was an athlete but her cancer treatment was debilitating.Photo: David Bowman
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Opening ceremony at the Relay For Life - a cancer fundraiser at Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA.Photo: David Bowman
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Opening ceremony at the Relay For Life event May 18, 2018 on Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. Photo: David Bowman
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Student activities during Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor sign.Photo: David Bowman
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Relay For Life at Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor/ Caregiver Walk.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor/ Caregiver Walk during Relay For Life.Photo: David Bowman
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Emile Schaut lost her sister Nikki Schaut to abdominal cancer and leukemia. Photo: David Bowman
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Kristi Schaut lost her daughter Nikki Schaut to abdominal cancer and leukemia. Photo: David Bowman
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Kristi Schaut (left) with daughter Emile and husband Mark - they lost their daughter and sister Nikki to abdominal cancer and leukaemia.Photo: David Bowman
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Track side tributes at Tartan High for cancer victims and survivors.Photo: David Bowman
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Kristi Schaut lost her daughter Nikki Schaut to abdominal cancer and leukemia. Photo: David Bowman
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Opening ceremony at the Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Student activities during Relay For Life.Photo: David Bowman
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Track side tributes at Tartan High for cancer victims and survivors.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor/ Caregiver Walk during Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor Derek Lowen.Photo: David Bowman
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Nikki Schaut, Tartan student who died of leukemia/DSRCT, with her family.Photo: Supplied
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Katie Jurek, who died of osteosarcoma in 2007.Photo: Supplied
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Preparations for Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor/ Caregiver Walk.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor/ Caregiver Walk during Relay For Life.Photo: David Bowman
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Opening ceremony at the Relay For Life event May 18, 2018 on Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. Speaker: Jan Churchill/ teacher.Photo: David Bowman
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Melissa and Jim Crowley hold painted portrait of their son Alex Crowley (Tartan student lost to brain cancer 2012) in their yard, May 22, 2018, Oakdale, Minnesota, USA.Photo: David Bowman
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Melissa and Jim Crowley, parents of son Alex Crowley (Tartan student lost to brain cancer 2012) in their yard.Photo: David Bowman
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Preparations for Relay For Life event May 18, 2018 on Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. Photo: David Bowman
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Preparations for Relay For Life event.Photo: David Bowman
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Survivor Petra Jacobsen.Photo: David Bowman
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Student musician performing at the opening ceremony at the Relay For Life.Photo: David Bowman
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Luminaria Ceremony to honour those touched by cancer.Photo: David Bowman
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Luminaria Ceremony to honour those touched by cancer, during Relay For Life at Tartan High School athletic field in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA.Photo: David Bowman
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John Leibel, lymphoma survivor and Tartan graduate in Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.Photo: David Bowman
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Jim Crowley holds a photo of his son Alex Crowley, a Tartan student lost to brain cancer in 2012.Photo: David Bowman
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Luminaria Ceremony, to honour those touched by cancer.Photo: David Bowman
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3M Corporate Headquarters, Maplewood, Minnesota, USA.Photo: David Bowman