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I recall while
at a Government Instillation, we had an epidemiologist
perform a study of
potential problems from the site. This
was in the early 70s when there were a
lot of charges and claims being very
popular in the media. He gave a
talk on his results, with the shocking
results that there was a positive
correlation of the number of deaths due to
cancer to the hypocenter of the
site. Very good correlation. Then he set
the hook. All data were
for the time period BEFORE the location of the plant
was even announced, let
alone built or operated. We had a long discussion
on such clusters
across the country.
One of the most interesting meetings that I have ever
attended. By the end
of the talk, I was convinced that such an analysis
should be conducted as a
part of a siting study.
Roy C. Craft,
CHP
Consulting Health Physicist
1707 Pecan Street
Bay City, TX
77414
rcraft@wcnet.net
(979 245
9991)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:11
PM
Subject: RE: Cancer clusters
clarification please
Clusters…
I remember reading a
study on cancer rates around US nuclear sites and sites where nuclear
facilities were planned but never built. There were cancer clusters around some
“inexistent” facilities. I do not
remember the reference; it is at the CNSC
library.
Philippe Duport
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