{"id":378229,"date":"2026-10-20T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378229\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:22:58","slug":"is-there-a-cancer-cluster-near-fresh-kills-why-staten-island-still-cant-get-a-definitive-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378229\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Cancer Cluster Near Fresh Kills? Why Staten Island Still Can\u2019t Get a Definitive Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Is there a cancer cluster near Fresh Kills? Government studies haven&#8217;t linked the former Staten Island landfill to elevated cancer rates, but residents still question whether enough research has been done. Public cancer data isn&#8217;t detailed enough to independently analyze neighborhoods closest to the landfill. A 2020 city study found higher rates of five cancers in the area, but couldn&#8217;t establish a connection to the landfill. Mount Sinai researcher Dr. Maaike van Gerwen says a comprehensive study would cost millions and require decades of tracking participants. State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is now pushing for funding for that research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is there a cancer cluster near Fresh Kills? Government studies haven&#8217;t linked the former Staten Island landfill to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-378229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}