Nuclear plant workers show higher cancer risks
Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:34pm GMT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Workers at one U.S. nuclear facility have suffered higher-than-average rates of certain cancers, a study shows — suggesting that on-the-job exposures are to blame.
The study looked at nearly 19,000 employees of the Savannah River Site, a South Carolina facility that has processed nuclear materials since the 1950s.
Researchers found that while death rates from many causes were (...)
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