After the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency carried out soil tests in the Whirlpool Corporation's former corporate park, Whirlpool Park, in Green Springs, Ohio, it was apparent that soil on the property contained polychlorinated biphenyls.
[5][6][7][8] The lack of possible causes found during the early investigations of the cluster was a source of continuing worry for the affected community.
[9][10][11] In December 2009, at a meeting with affected families, the Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency distributed a map of the area pinpointing the locations of the homes of children who had cancer.
[12] In late 2011 and early 2012, over a period of several months, the Environmental Protection Agency tested soil in several different parts of Clyde and surrounding areas.
This park, located near Green Springs, Ohio, consisted of a pool, children's playing equipment, and a basketball court, and the property was apparently used as a dumping ground for this toxic waste.
[28][29] Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, many citizens of Clyde, and of Ohio in general, held fundraisers,[30][31] gave donations, and helped maintain memories of those who died in the cluster.