Chernobyl Health Study Findings

[larisa@sam.neosoft.com (Larisa Streeter)]

>>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 11:55:57 -0600
>>From: "RUSSELL, MIKE" <russelmj@songs.sce.com>
>>....
>>     SUBJECT:  Chernobyl Health Studies: The 16 research projects sponsored
>>     by the European Commission, Prof. Albrecht Kellerer, professor of
>>     radiation biology at the University of Munich.
>>....
>>     The WSJ article below reports the findings of a four year study
>>     which found no increase in leukemia due to Chernobyl accident.
>>
>>     Does anyone know how I can obtain copies of these reports.  Thanks for
>>     your help...mjr
>> .....

Mike, I don't know where you can find these reports, but if you do find out,
please
let me know.

>>Scientists: Chernobyl Not the Health Hazard Many Think
>>
>>  MINSK, Belarus (Dow Jones)--Childhood thyroid cancers increased markedly in
>>the area after the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, but there has not been the
expected
>>increase in leukemia and other diseases, European and former Soviet scientists
>>announced Friday according to The Associated Press. 
>>......

I recommend you cruise on by the Media Watch Ukraine homepage's Chornobyl
information
page [http://www.mwukr.ca/chlin.htm]. There's a section on Chornobyl
information, 
including an excellent article by Dr. David Marples of the University of
Alberta 
[http://www.mwukr.ca/marp.htm], who is an acknowledged expert on the topic of
Chornobyl. Dr. Marple's article addresses some of the points you bring up.

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    Corporate Environmental Scientist
      Western Atlas International, Inc.
        Houston, Texas
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