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Newswise Medical News | Researchers Discover Atomic Bomb Effect Results in Adult-onset Thyroid Cancer

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:05:17 -0000

Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers.

Newswise — Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers.

In the September 1, 2008, issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, the scientists report that subjects who lived close to the blast sites, were comparably young at the time, and developed the cancer quickly once they reached adulthood, were likely to have a chromosomal rearrangement known as RET/PTC that is not very frequent in adults who develop the disease.

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Childhood leukaemia information can be released if anonymised - Times Online

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:32:11 -0000

Information concerning the incidence of childhood leukaemia in a particular postal area should not be disclosed unless either it could be anonymised so that it was not personal data or could be released in a form which did not contravene one of the data protection principles under the Data Protection Act 1998.

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The Hindu : Groundwater in Varanasi contaminated with uranium: study

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:23:24 -0000

Varanasi: Groundwater in Varanasi and adjoining areas is contaminated with uranium, according to a study by a group of scientists.

The study conducted by G.C. Chowdhary, former Professor at the Geology Department of Banaras Hindu University, and S.K. Agarwal, also a professor of Geology, has shown that the drinking water in the University premises and some other places in the city contains radioactive uranium more than the recommended limit.

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French review examines nuclear site-leukemia relationship

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:02:49 -0000

The recent German study of cancers around nuclear sites is the only one that identifies a clear relation between nuclear facility proximity and excess incidence of childhood leukemia, France's Institute of Nuclear Protection and Safety, IRSN, found in a review of epidemiological studies around nuclear sites. Dominique Laurier of IRSN's Epidemiology Laboratory said April 22 that the institute's review of 198 single-site epidemiological studies in 10 countries had confirmed the "persistence" of leukemia clusters in children around three sites: Sellafield and Dounreay in the UK, where both reactors and fuel cycle installations were operated, and Germany's Kruemmel nuclear power plant.

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GAO looks at DOE pension, retirement benefits - Tri-City Herald

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:25:55 -0000

Hanford is one of the two Department of Energy nuclear cleanup sites with employee benefits more than 5 percent higher than comparable organizations, according to the Government Accountability Office.

It issued a report last week to Congress providing information on DOE's management of costs and liabilities for pensions and post-retirement benefits for which it must reimburse DOE contractors. DOE is concerned about future costs for pensions and benefits for retirees, such as health care and life insurance, and congressional leaders find budgeting for fluctuating amounts difficult each year.

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The Associated Press: Study: Kids' cancer rates highest in Northeast

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:34:13 -0000

CHICAGO (AP) — Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences in reporting.

The large government study is the first to find notable regional differences in pediatric cancer. Experts say it also provides important information to bolster smaller studies, confirming that cancer is rare in children, but also more common in older kids, especially among white boys.

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Cancer study robs Tooth Fairy’s stash

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:44:34 -0000

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Baby teeth collected in St. Louis in the 1950s and ’60s to measure children’s exposure to atomic bomb fallout will be used in a new study to try and gauge if Cold War bomb testing increased cancer risk.

The new study became possible after an estimated 85,000 baby teeth were discovered in storage in 2001. They were leftover contributions to the St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey, and about 300 of them will be tested as part of the new research.

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Whitehaven News: Leukaemia study

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:16:02 -0000

CLAIMS of increased risk of leukaemia near nuclear facilities will be on the agenda at a Cumbrian conference next month.

International health researchers will present the latest evidence of health effects at the 20th Low-Level Radiation and Health Conference, at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus on June 7-8.

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STLtoday - Baby teeth study to begin

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:02:33 -0000

Thousands of baby teeth, almost all collected from St. Louis-area residents in the 1950s and 1960s, will finally be used in a comprehensive study aimed at learning whether fallout from atomic bomb tests increased the cancer risk for Americans born in those Cold War years.

The nonprofit Radiation and Public Health Project in New York announced last week that a $15,000 donation from the Oregon Community Foundation of Portland, Ore., would allow the yearlong study to begin. The rest of the nearly $37,000 project cost is being covered by other private contributors, project officials said.

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Insects left disfigured by nuclear radiation - earth - 24 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:44:27 -0000

No one wants to live too close to a source of artificial radiation, not even insects. Cornelia Hesse-Honegger has spent 20 years travelling around the world, mostly in Europe, capturing and studying over 16,000 insects, many living in the vicinity of nuclear power stations, or other artificial sources of radiation. Her conclusion, not surprisingly, is that exposure to radiation increases the chances of deformity.

She made particularly detailed studies

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Newswire.com - Subcommittee Investigates CDC's Handling of Beryllium Exposure Investigation

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:05:21 -0000

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Canada's AECL pulls out of UK nuclear reactor study | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:53:08 -0000

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Business - Gov't eyes 2-year nuclear power study - INQUIRER.net

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:42:29 -0000

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The Statesman : Ghana: Second nuclear study begins

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:23:58 -0000

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MorganHillTimes.com | FDA study finds perchlorate common in 300 goods

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:13:33 -0000

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Study shows link between Parkinsonism, chemical at Paducah plant

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:48:29 -0000

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Researchers find that a commonly found contaminant may harm nursing infants

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:31:08 -0000

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Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Uranium Mining Tailing contamination study

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:48:21 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

A study is in progress to estimate the contamination of the human food chain by uranium, /sup 230/Th, /sup 226/Ra /sup 210/Pb, and /sup 210/Po originating from tailing piles associated with uranium ore processing mills.^Rabbits, cattle, vegetables, and grass were collected on or near two uranium mill sites.^For controls, similar samples were obtained from areas 20 km or more from the mining and mill operations.^For the onsite rabbits the mean /sup 226/Ra concentrations in muscle, lung, and kidney of 5.5, 14, and 15 pCi/kg wet, respectively, were substantially higher than those in the respective tissues of control animals (0.4, 1.5, and 0.2 pCi/kg).^The levels in liver did not differ significantly between the groups.^The concentrations in bone (femur and vertebra) were about 9000 and 350 pCi/kg ash for the onsite and offsite animals, respectively.^The levels of /sup 210/Pb and /sup 210/Po did not differ significantly for a given tissue between the two groups, except that the /sup 210/Pb level in the kidney was greater in the onsite group.^For cattle, the concentrations in muscle, liver, and kidney do not differ greatly between those grazed near the pile and the controls.^The levels of /sup 226/Ra, and possibly of /sup 210/Pb, appear to be greater in the femur of the animals near the piles.^Vegetables from a residential area on a mill site contained substantially greater concentrations of /sup 226/Ra and /sup 210/Pb than those reported for standard New York City diets.^Grass and cattle dung from land irrigated by water containing 60 pCi/L /sup 226/Ra from uranium mines had concentrations of /sup 226/Ra and /sup 210/Pb 50 and 8 times, respectively, those in control samples.^It is estimated that doubling the normal concentrations in meat and vegetables of uranium and daughter products could increase the dose equivalent rates to the skeletons of persons consuming these foods by 30 or more mrem/yr.

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Study Finds More Childhood Cancer Near Nuclear Power Plants | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 08.12.2007

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:16:43 -0000

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WTEN: Albany - Study: Local Uranium Traces Exist Long After Exposure

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:38:53 -0000

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