(Minneapolis, MN) -- A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency shows more children are being diagnosed with cancer each year. Mindy Dykes with the Minnesota Children's Cancer Research Fund says every year over 13-thousand kids are diagnosed with cancer across the country. If you break it down even further, she says there is a child being diagnosed with cancer at about one in every four elementary schools. In Minnesota, around 170 kids are diagnosed with cancer each year. The study examined several potential factors -- including air pollutants, pesticides, car exhaust, tobacco smoke and U-V radiation. There was evidence that each could contribute to childhood cancer, but none proved conclusive
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