Nuclear workers' children have increased cancer risk
New Scientist, linked by a3m | 03.07.2002 23:05
Working at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria may have been harmful after all. Children of men who had been exposed to radiation while working at the plant have twice the normal risk of leukaemia and lymphoma, according to a major new study sponsored by the nuclear industry.
.....But local anti-nuclear campaigners see it differently. "BNFL has tried to discredit Gardner's hypothesis for years," says Janine Allis-Smith from Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment. "This study vindicates him and it is irresponsible of BNFL to ignore it."
More at: International Journal of Cancer (vol 99, p 437)
Rob Edwards
New Scientist
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well, just be advised, the plllllutonium is on the ship in Japan. It's coming back to Sellafield!
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http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=189788&group=webcast
More at: International Journal of Cancer (vol 99, p 437)
Rob Edwards
New Scientist
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well, just be advised, the plllllutonium is on the ship in Japan. It's coming back to Sellafield!
this full story is posted here:
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=189788&group=webcast
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