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Erin Brockovich coming to Fridley to study 'cancer cluster'

Investigator and legal activist Erin Brockovich will be in Fridley on Wednesday as her team investigates what some people in town believe is a cancer cluster.
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Famed environmental investigator Erin Brockovich is coming to Fridley as part of her team's investigation of what some believe is an unusually high number of cancer cases. She is scheduled to be in Fridley on Wednesday at a meeting at Fridley High School. Doors open at 6 p.m.

KARE 11 has a lengthy look at the town and its "cancer cluster."

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