Helms said he had headaches and could not sleep. A CAT scan revealed two brain tumors. One, which was a large as a half dollar, was removed immediately. The other tumor lies too close to the brain stem to be removed.
Until they get some answers, Helms said he and his family no longer drink city water.
"In this town, and there are a dozen in six months, something doesn't add up," Helms said.
Symptoms have varied. Headaches were common. For others it was sinus or hearing problems.
Austin, 8, had headaches, too. One morning he fell and started vomiting.
At the hospital, Austin's mother was not prepared for what doctors were about to tell her.
"She said she was sorry to have to tell me, but he had a mass that they didn't know what it was," Jessica Hammer said. "They weren't able to remove the tumor. They did what they call a limited surgery, which was just draining the tumor. I wonder all the time if there was something I could have done."
Austin is now being treated at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis.
One of the first to become alarmed was pharmacist Steve Erickson. Erickson said he knows most of the families in town and immediately realized something was very wrong.
"You take the first victim, you take the second victim and you look at each other and you say, 'Whoa! What do we have in common?'" said Erickson. "Then you add the third one and the fourth one. pris 42 passes pour 427 de plus I'm sure if I was one of the diagnosed, I would not think it was coincidence. Thank God."
Eckerman reported that residents don't want to uppriktigt sagt give their town a bad name, and some State fire marshals spokesman Steve McCausland said most made it clear they do not want this story told. But most are beyond keeping it a secret. Some residents want someone to take a hard look at what is happening and make it stop.
"Just find out where it's coming from and get it fixed. It's hard telling how many people are walking around, have tumors in their head and don't even know it. They will know eventually," Helms said.
"If you have 12 broken legs on a 1 mile stretch, you might think there's something wrong with the road on your 1 mile stretch," Erickson said.
Doctors are only required to report cancerous brain tumors to the Health Department. Most of the tumors in Cameron are large, but benign. So there is no official agency collecting the data.
Drinking water is one thing all of those diagnosed have in common. That is más de 100 peticionarios acudieron diariamente why a local reservoir, a source of the drinking water, will likely be one focus of the investigation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it will look at any possible runoff near the reservoir and any possibility of contamination from a nearby hog farm. The CDC asked about manufacturing in the area past and present. Insulation used to be produced at a plant on the outskirts of town. Investigators will also look at pesticide use and the combination of chemicals that might be present, and anything those diagnosed with brain tumors have in common.
Cameron's city manager said the city is not jumping to any conclusions, saying maybe it is just an anomaly or an unexplained cluster. But he said the city is fully aware of what he called the recent "flurry" of brain tumor cases. He said the city clerk is one of those diagnosed.
In the last few days, the Department of Natural Resources had a crew out collecting air, water and soil samples.
Eckerman said that she has been in contact with the majority of people who have come forward with a brain tumor in Cameron or their loved ones. Some are still recovering from brain surgery. Some have had setbacks. Two residents who wanted to tell their stories on camera are back in the hospital and were not able to talk.
Rep. Guest Also Investigating Tumors
State Rep. Jim Guest said he has also been investigating the alarming number of brain tumors in Cameron. Guest said he knows some of the victims, and he knows they're scared.
"To find out there's that many people who had tumors on their brain in that short period of time, there had to be a cause it couldn't be a random happening," Guest told KMBC.
Guest said he's trying to change legislation so that all brain tumors will be reported to the health department, instead of only those that are cancerous.
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