Childhood cancer and nuclear power

Child cancer risk higher near nuclear plants: study
Sat Dec 8, 2007
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German study has found that young children living
near nuclear power plants have a significantly higher risk of
developing leukemia and other forms of cancer, a German newspaper
reported on Saturday.

"Our study confirmed that in Germany a connection has been observed
between the distance of a domicile to the nearest nuclear power
plant .... and the risk of developing cancer, such as leukemia, before
the fifth birthday," Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quoted the report
as saying.

The newspaper said the study was done by the University of Mainz for
Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS). A copy of the
report was not immediately available.

The researchers found that 37 children within a 5-kilometer (3-mile)
radius of nuclear power plants had developed leukemia between 1980 and
2003, while the statistical average during this time period was 17,
the paper said............

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