Most recover nearly completely, but they all suffer some permanent effects, like sun sensitivity, hair loss, digestive problems, anemia, weakened immune system, etc.
Long Island is known as a breast cancer hotspot (especially Nassau County), but I have seen many different types.
I moved here, when I was 28. Before coming here, I had never met anyone that had cancer.
Since moving here, I have known at least one person, every year, that has been battling cancer. This year, it has been 3 fairly close acquaintances.
They keep a lid on it, but it’s bad enough, that it’s pretty much an open secret.
A few times a month, I pass a fancy adult condo development, built upon the land that was formerly Deutsch Relays[0]; an old superfund site.
[0] https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0...
Long Island has historically had quite terrible air quality, as well, no?
What Long Island is, is the site of some of the oldest heavy industry, built for the world wars.
Many those planes and tanks you see in the documentaries, were often built right here.
And they set it up quickly, with very little regulation. People have been straight-up dumping toxic sludge for decades. Since Long Island gets almost all its water from local aquifers, there you have it.
Traditionally, this kind of thing happens to disadvantaged communities, without much clout, but Long Island has a lot of billionaires (old-money billionaires). They get cancer, as well.
But they are also absolutely aghast at the prospect of government intervention, and hate regulations. Add a bit of mob spice, and you have a situation, where no one wants to raise a stink.
We do have some damn good cancer hospitals, though. Very few of the people I have seen fight cancer have actually died.