Re: CDC: No incr thyr risk w/rad dose at Hanford

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

>http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r020621.htm



>CDC Releases Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Final Report



>Data Show Risks of Thyroid Disease About the Same Regardless of

Radiation Dose from Hanford

<snip>



>The HTDS study population represents a sampling of people born between

1940 and 1946 to mothers who lived in seven counties in Washington

State: Benton, Franklin, Adams, Walla Walla, Okanogan, Ferry, and

Stevens.

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Okanogan and Ferry are relatively far north whereas Yakima (I assume that 

Hanford is located in southern Yakima), Grant, Douglas and Chelan were not 

included in the study. Can anyone explain? Could it be the semi-desert 

character - so that there were simply no people to study? If I recall 

correctly a few thousand people had to leave the Hanford area when it was 

built. The Native Americans in the Grand Coulee Dam area - well - a couple 

of black & white pictures where taken before the dam was built in the 

1930:ies - but I guess the Natives stayed in the area (because I heard local 

community leaders referring to them as a problem a few decades ago).



For a county map - see:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wagenweb/



My personal reflections only,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/





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