Click on the image above for location of abandoned oil wells in south Orange County California. UPDATE; KTLA-5 , August 6th 2026.. Since 2007, about nine children connected to the Ladera Ranch community have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that primarily affects children and young adults. https://ktla.com/news/california/california-school-district-pauses-pesticides-amid-cluster-of-child-cancer-cases/.   Childhood cancer clusters linked to tainted water supplies are documented historical events in small American towns, most notably in Hinkley California , Toms River, New Jersey , Hillcrest New York , Wilmington, Massachusetts , and Woburn, Massachusetts . These cases typically involve industrial pollutants or crude oil leaking into local groundwater or municipal wells over many years.  The Sins of Our Grandfathers Who Polluted the Drinking Water! The Hinkley, California water contamination involved the dumping of 370 million gallons of wastewater tainted w...