RE: Gardner Sellafield cluster [was : reply to Cedervall ]

[James Salsman <james@bovik.org>]

Jaro,



Thank you for the information regarding leukemia and lymphoma

among young people born and living near the Sellafield nuclear

power plant in West Cumbria, U.K.:



> The cancer cluster in children at Seascale in Cumbria is not related

> to their fathers' exposure to radiation while working in the nearby

> Sellafield nuclear plant, the government's committee on the medical

> aspects of radiation, Comare, concluded yesterday. Comare's finding

> came 12 years after a department of health report caused a sensation

> by saying there was a link. The finding is a relief to the nuclear 

> industry - but does not answer the question of why there is a

> cluster.

  -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,774825,00.html



If you recall my message context, I was suggesting that uranium

accumulation in testicles explains the cancer incidence increase

in children of exposed fathers.



Does anyone know if Comare/UKDoH/etc. have looked at uranium

contamination of the workers involved?



Sincerely,

James Salsman





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