Jennifer Piazza, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Public Health at Cal State Fullerton, assembled the team of researchers to help address the environmental concerns stemming from the pediatric cancer cases.  " Environmental sampling is the first step of our larger, ongoing scientific investigation ," she told Fox News Digital. "We are collecting soil and water samples across Ladera Ranch. They are being analyzed for heavy metals , such as arsenic and lead, as well as pesticides." NOTE, "Young children are highly vulnerable to the toxic effects of heavy metals like arsenic and lead found in crude oil because their bodies and vital organs are undergoing a period of rapid development". " Crude oil and the wastewater produced during oil extraction (" produced water ") naturally contain heavy metals like lead, cadmium, arsenic, and nickel, which can seep into local water sources during a spill". " Arsenic , a toxin and carcinogen...