Bulgaria

[Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@pacbell.net>]

Has anyone seen the report mentioned in the following article and has
the report been critiqued by competent authority?

Cancer in Bulgaria still marked by Chernobyl

   SOFIA, Nov 6 (AFP) - Bulgaria has the highest rate of cancer in 
Europe, in part as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
explosion, according to a report by a team of Bulgarian doctors
published Thursday. 
   The report, drawn up by a government commission to study the 
effect of the Chernobyl blast 11 years ago, said cases of thyroid
cancer among children had risen 2,000 percent since then. 
   Radioactive contamination could produce 470 new types of cancer  in
Bulgaria over the next 50 years, added the report, cited by the
Continent newspaper. 
   Between 1991 and 1994, the rate of cancer rose from 257 cases  per
100,000 people to 289, while the death rate from cancer rose from 179
to 191 per 100,000 over the same period. 
   The report said that cases of stomach and intestinal cancer were 
expected to rise by 2002.