Community Based Research to Help Identify a Connection between Geology and Groundwater Contamination to Elevated Cancer Rates in Fruithurst, Alabama

Connor Cain1, Ming-Kuo Lee1, Loka Ashwood2, Joel Cuffey2, Natasha Dimova3, Christopher Burton1, Zeki Billor1, Joel Hayworth4, Christy Hiett5, Collin Sutton1, Daniel Montiel3 and Katherine Stonecypher6, (1)Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)Auburn University, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn, AL, United States, (3)University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (4)Auburn University, Civil Engineering, Auburn, United States, (5)Fruithurst Elementary School, Fruithurst, AL, United States, (6)Humboldt State University, Environmental Science and Management, Arcata, CA, United States