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Cancer questions grow around Fermi nuclear plant

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State health report shows 31 percent increase in cancer rate among young people in Monroe County since 1996 THE MICHIGAN MESSENGER By Eartha Jane Melzer 17 Feb 09 The cancer rate among people under the age of 25 in Monroe County rose at more than three times the rate of the rest of the state between 1996 and 2005, according to a report generated by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). …………Monroe is home to DTE Energy’s Fermi II nuclear power plant, which became fully operational in 1988………………………….

Dr. Janette Sherman, adjunct professor at Western Michigan University’s Environmental Institute …….. said that her analysis of leukemia statistics in the United States indicates that kids living near power plants are more likely to get the disease.

Sherman said that the rise in cancer rates around Fermi is significant……………………

Michigan Messenger » Cancer questions grow around Fermi nuclear plant

February 19, 2009 - Posted by | environment, USA

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  1. Original content at Michigan Messenger is subject to copyright. Please reduce the amount of material you have reproduced here to 3 paragraphs under fair use, with a link to the original story. Thank you.

    Michigan Messenger's avatar Comment by Michigan Messenger | February 19, 2009 | Reply

  2. Remember the German KiKK study? The biggest study carrying out evidence, that cancer rises next to atomic power plants. Read about it here (it seems U.S. media didn’t cover it):
    http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/german-kikk-study-higher-cancer-risc-next-to-atomic-power-plants-unofficial-belarussian-children-cancer-data/
    http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/cancer-risc-atomic-reactors-kikk-study-reactions/
    with kind regards from Germany (this year we’re putting the next reactor offline)
    T.

    Mikkai's avatar Comment by tekknorg | February 20, 2009 | Reply


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