A Cincinnati police department building may be linked to a suspected cancer cluster among officers, according to CNN.
Here are three things to know.
1. From 2015 to 2016, six officers who worked in the police department's District 5 headquarters building died of cancer under the age of 60. Police Sergeant Dan Hils, who also serves as the police department's union president, told CNN several other officers who spent a significant amount of time in the building are also currently living with cancer.
2. To be officially defined as a cancer cluster, "[a]ll of the cases must involve the same type of cancer, or types of cancer scientifically proven to have the same cause," according to the CDC. Almost every officer who died suffered from some type of gastrointestinal cancer, according to Mr. Hils.
3. He reported the potential cluster to the Cincinnati Department of Health and is calling on Cincinnati's mayor and city council members to relocate police officers working in the District 5 headquarters building.
"The police department and other city departments are in the process of assessing temporary locations on a leased basis and are working toward a long-term solution as well," Steve Saunders, a spokesman with Cincinnati Police Department, said on behalf of Police Chief Eliot Isaac, according to CNN.
To read the full report from CNN, click here.
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