Concern over Cancer and Old Oil & Gas Wells at Ladera Ranch CA Needs Focus on Sewer System Built on Top of Decaying Well 8,365ft Under Merriweather Pl

Concern over Cancer and Old Oil & Gas Wells at Ladera Ranch CA Needs Focus on Sewer System Built on Top of Decaying Well 8,365ft Under Merriweather Pl right near Poets Park. The so called re-abondonment of the decades old oil well at/under Poets Park on July 19, 2001 during construction of the Ladera Ranch community is bogus. Paul Frost engineer and rep for DOGGR was at the Poets Park Ladera Ranch CA job site from 9:30 am to 10:30 am on Thursday July 19, 2001. Paul Frost called DOGGR home office in Sacramento CA at 10:30 am to get an ok to close the well by plugging the well from 351 feet up to the surface, as they could not get past an obstruction at 351', leaving the other 8,014 feet to the bottom open to the elements and most likely leaking. 

Thomas M. Walker an independent petroleum consultant and senior reservoir engineer in California was working (paid) as the rep for DMB Ladera LLC and was overseeing the re-abandonment project (that was stuck at 351') of the old Exxon Mobil oil well that was drilled down to 8,365' on Thursday morn July 19, 2001 near Poets Park, Walker was there with DOGGR rep/engineer Paul Frost. A DOGGR directive required cement to be squeezed past the blockage at 351 feet on outside of casing down to bottom of oil well to protect the lower 8,014 feet, it was not done according to site reports filed by Paul Frost rep for DOGGR at Poets Park Ladera Ranch CA. 

If the steel casings of the decades old 1961 deep drilled  Exxon Mobil oil & gas well under Merriweather PL near Poets Park in Ladera Ranch CA has crumbled and released crude oil or methane/benzine gas into the sewer system there will be severe health problems. A 1960's era deep drilled oil & gas well is right under the SMWD sewer system at Poets Park Ladera Ranch and there is a 1920's era deep drilled oil & gas well under the SMWD sewer line at Citrus Lane Ladera Ranch with notations to NOT build over this well. Crude oil intrusion into a sewer system can cause significant human health problems. 

Whether the entry occurs through a ruptured underground pipeline, an accidental industrial leak, or illegal dumping, mixing crude oil with wastewater infrastructure poses both immediate and long-term medical risks. Crude oil contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like benzene, toluene, and xylene. Because sewer systems connect directly to homes and businesses via plumbing vents and drains, these hazardous gases can travel up pipelines and enter indoor living spaces. Children, the elderly, and individuals with asthma or pre-existing respiratory conditions are highly susceptible. Chronic exposure to chemicals found in crude oil, specifically benzene, is known to cause leukemia and other cancers under California Proposition 65 guideline.

While Ewing sarcoma is fundamentally driven by a specific chromosomal rearrangement (the EWS-FLI1 gene fusion), emerging cepidemiological research is investigating whether environmental clastogens—such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in crude oil and petroleum development—induce the DNA damage and oxidative stress necessary to trigger these oncogenic mutations. Crude oil from a well plugged & capped contains varying amounts of aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) including benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas, and xylene. PAHs can enter the body (inhaled or drinking water) and cause changes to cells and chromosomes which then can cause Ewing Sarcoma cancer researchers have reported. There are 100 year old Oil & Gas wells plugged & capped under Ladera Ranch CA. 

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