Post by Joe Neubarth on Jan 12, 2012 22:35:14 GMT -5
Reuters: Child leukaemia doubles near French nuclear plants says gov’t study — Result is statistically significant -IRSN expert
Child leukaemia doubles near French nuclear plants-study
www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/nuclear-leukaemia-france-idUSL6E8CB5QY20120111
The incidence of leukaemia is twice as high in children living close to French nuclear power plants as in those living elsewhere in the country, a study by French health and nuclear safety experts [INSERM] has found.
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“This is a result which has been checked thoroughly and which is statistically significant,” said Dominique Laurier, head of the epidemiology research laboratory at France’s nuclear safety research body (IRSN).
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Child leukaemia doubles near French nuclear plants-study
www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/nuclear-leukaemia-france-idUSL6E8CB5QY20120111
The incidence of leukaemia is twice as high in children living close to French nuclear power plants as in those living elsewhere in the country, a study by French health and nuclear safety experts [INSERM] has found.
[...]
“This is a result which has been checked thoroughly and which is statistically significant,” said Dominique Laurier, head of the epidemiology research laboratory at France’s nuclear safety research body (IRSN).
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