[ RadSafe ] " German doctor takes anti-nuclear message to western Canada "

[Steven Dapra]

At 09:16 AM 10/10/08 +0200, Peter Bossew wrote:

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         Begging your pardon again, the link below to the Spix et al. paper 
in the Eur. Jnl. of Cancer takes one to a study on liver cancer in 
Italy.  Try this link for the Spix leukemia abstract (also found via 
Google).  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18082395

Steven Dapra



>Here:
>
>original study:
>Kaatsch P, Spix C, Schmiedel S, Schulze-Rath R, Mergenthaler A, Blettner 
>M. Epidemiologische Studie zu Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von 
>Kernkraftwerken (KiKK-Studie). Abschlussbericht. Umweltforschungsplan des 
>Bundesumweltministeriums (UFOPLAN) - Reaktorsicherheit und Strahlenschutz. 
>Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter, 2007.
>http://www.kinderkrebsregister.de/english/  -> epidemiological studies -> 
>Incidence studies...  (Abstract)
>full text: http://www.kinderkrebsregister.de/ -> Publikationen -> 2007 -> 
>No. 1 (pdf download, summary + 2 parts, in German; 327 pages)
>
>Kaatsch P, Spix C, Schulze-Rath R, Schmiedel S, Blettner M. Leukaemia in 
>young children living in the vicinity of German nuclear power plants.
>Int J Cancer 122, 721-726, 2008,
>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117859649/abstract , DOI:
>10.1002/ijc.23330
>
>Spix C, Schmiedel S, Kaatsch P, Schulze-Rath R, Blettner M. Case-Control 
>Study on Childhood Cancer in the Vicinity of Nuclear Power Plants in 
>Germany 1980-2003. Eur J Cancer 44, 275-284, 2008, 
>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2007.11.009
>
>pb
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>>At 10:01 AM 10/9/08 -0400, Franta, Jaroslav wrote:
>>>German doctor takes anti-nuclear message to western Canada
>>>Canadian Press, 8 October 2008
>>>
>>>PEACE RIVER, Alta. _ A German doctor is travelling through western 
>>>Alberta delivering a message about the dangers of nuclear power.
>>>
>>>Dr. Ernst Iskenius says a 2007 study by the German government shows the 
>>>closer you live to a nuclear power plant, the more likely your children 
>>>will get cancer.
>>>
>>>Iskenius, a member of the international organization Physicians Against 
>>>Nuclear War, is on a speaking tour that includes visits to Regina, 
>>>Whitecourt and Peace River.
>>>
>>>He says the report found that during the years of 1980 to 2003, children 
>>>under the age of five living close to a nuclear power plant were 120 per 
>>>cent more likely to develop leukemia.
>>>
>>>He says there were also 60 per cent more likely to develop other forms 
>>>of cancer.
>>>
>>>The report looked at 16 power plants and was funded by the German 
>>>Federal Radiation Protection Agency.
>>>
>>>The several doctors involved in the four-year study were a mixture of 
>>>those against nuclear plants, and those who were proponents, said Iskenius.
>>>
>>>"It is an extraordinary study,'' he said. "The results were quite 
>>>different than (the government) expected. They expected no evidence like 
>>>they did in prior studies, but what they found was they took all 16 
>>>plants and found there was a significant risk to get cancer (in children).''
>>>
>>>The study also observed children downwind from the plants and found 
>>>similar results.
>>>
>>>Despite the findings, there is still uncertainty about nuclear power 
>>>within Germany.
>>>
>>>German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said he was perplexed by the 
>>>findings, as radiation levels are regulated rigorously.
>>>"The population's radiation exposure due to the operation of a nuclear 
>>>power plants in Germany would have to be at least 1,000 times higher to 
>>>be able to explain the observed increase in cancer,'' he said.
>>>
>>>Iskenius urged northern Albertans to lobby government to reconsider 
>>>allowing a proposed nuclear reactor near Lac Cardinal, north of Peace River.
>>>"If this nuclear plant is too dangerous and there is a risk for all 
>>>children then we either accept these things as very dangerous or we 
>>>(raise) the standards,'' he said.
>>>"On the international level we are fighting to shut down all of these 
>>>installations because the risk is too great.''
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