[ RadSafe ] Increase in cancer in Sweden can be traced to Chernobyl

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Recyles news. The research was published on Jan. 2006 in the Amer. J. ind.
Med.

 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112265194/ABSTRACT .

 

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Beer-Sheva ISRAEL

 

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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Increase in cancer in Sweden can be traced to Chernobyl

 

Increase in cancer in Sweden can be traced to Chernobyl

 

The incidence of cancer in northern Sweden increased following the accident 

at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986. This was the finding of a 

much-debated study from Linkצping University in Sweden from 2004.

 

Was the increase in cancer caused by the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl 

or could it be explained by other circumstances? New research from Linkצping


University provides scientific support for the Chernobyl connection.

 

“This issue is important because the indicated increased risk may come to 

influence the prevailing exposure limits for the population. Enhanced 

knowledge of the risks entailed by radioactive radiation is key to work for 

radiation safety and makes it possible to prevent diseases,” says Martin 

Tondel, a physician and researcher in environmental medicine who will soon 

be defending his doctoral dissertation Malignancies in Sweden after the 

Chernobyl Accident in 1986.

 

In two studies using different methods, Martin Tondel has shown a small but 

statistically significant increase in the incidence of cancer in northern 

Sweden, where the fallout of radioactive cesium 137 was at its most intense.

 

The cancer risk increased with rising fallout intensity: up to a 20-percent 

increase in the highest of six categories. This means that 3.8 percent of 

the cancer cases up to 1999 can be ascribed to the fallout. This increased 

risk, in turn, is 26 times higher than the latest risk estimate for the 

survivors of the atom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, whose exposure was 

many times higher.

 

[This is not credible, IMO.  Someone needs to scrutinize this work, please. 

- JH]

 

The increase in Tondel’s studies came a remarkably short time after the 

disaster, since it is usually assumed that it takes decades for cancer to 

develop. The dissertation discusses the interpretation of the research 

findings from the perspective of the theory of science.

 

The conclusion is that there is scientific support for a connection between 

the radioactive fallout and the increase in the number of cancer cases.  

[That IS credible. - JH]

 

Source: Linkצping University

 

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=99758918

 

 

 

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