Nuclear power more than doubles child leukaemia risk
dv | 15.01.2008 01:47 | Climate Chaos | Ecology
'The Telegraph' reports that children living within three miles of nuclear power stations are over twice as likely to develop leukaemia than those living further away. The report cites a large study commissioned by the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS), which found leukaemia clusters among under-fives living near 16 nuclear power stations.
Here is the full report:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FORWRKPNVU2E3QFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/earth/2008/01/10/scileuk110.xml
Can nuclear power really be part of the solution to climate change and energy security? Are the lives and health of our children really worth so little? One can only hope there will be a mass mobilisation against the government's plans - announced last week - to support the construction of at least four new nuclear power stations in the UK by Gordon Brown's brother's firm, French-owned EDF. Of course, the government is also to streamline the planning process to make it easier to steamroll over public opinion and get its new nuclear power stations (toxic white elephants) built.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FORWRKPNVU2E3QFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/earth/2008/01/10/scileuk110.xml Can nuclear power really be part of the solution to climate change and energy security? Are the lives and health of our children really worth so little? One can only hope there will be a mass mobilisation against the government's plans - announced last week - to support the construction of at least four new nuclear power stations in the UK by Gordon Brown's brother's firm, French-owned EDF. Of course, the government is also to streamline the planning process to make it easier to steamroll over public opinion and get its new nuclear power stations (toxic white elephants) built.
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