nuclear contamination in Russia

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@lanl.gov>]

How do you suppose they came up with the 21% increase in cancer
due to nuclear contamination for the entire country?

Mike ... mcbaker@lanl.gov



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>NEW YORK WOMEN SAY ALL WOMEN AT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
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>At the United Nations last week, WEDO, the New York City based Women's 
>Environment and Development Organization founded by the late Bella Abzug, 
>announced the findings of its new report on women's health and access to 
>services around the world. "Risks, Rights and Reforms: A 50-Country Survey 
>Assessing Government Actions Five Years After the International Conference on 
>Population and Development" warns that economic policies aimed at curbing 
>public spending negatively affect reproductive health services in most 
>countries. "Our latest findings should sound a global alarm," says Jocelyn 
>Dow, WEDO's chair. "They are a call to reverse disturbing economic, 
>environmental and political trends that threaten the health and 
>sustainability of our increasingly vulnerable planet. Seventy percent of 
>countries surveyed say user fees in public health systems make reproductive 
>health services unaffordable for the poor. Eighty-two percent of countries 
>surveyed, including the U.S. and nations in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin 
>America, report increasing pesticide exposure. Forty-four percent of 
>countries report reproductive health disorders as a result of workplace 
>hazards. One in three women in the U.S. will develop cancer sometime during 
>her lifetime. Nuclear contamination in parts of Russia has led to a 21 
>percent increase in cancer. A third of countries surveyed report incidence of 
>breast milk contamination from pesticides and other toxins. 
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