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New cancer study of Three Mile Island nuclear reactor area

New cancer study of areas around U.S. nuclear facilities brings relief in TMI area,  PennLive.com, By DAVID WENNER, The Patriot-NewsApril 29, 2010, “……..The new study won’t focus specifically on TMI nor is its purpose to gauge the impact of the 1979 accident…….Rather, the study will look at decades of cancer cases surrounding each of the nation’s 65 nuclear facilities, including TMI, to assess the cancer risk of living near a normally operating nuclear facility.

It will be an update of a previous study now considered flawed because it looked only at people who died of cancer and didn’t count those diagnosed with cancer but still alive.

The study has yet to be designed. But spokesmen for two organizations involved with it said they expect researchers to be on the lookout for abnormalities that might be associated with the TMI accident……
The study will amount to a more sophisticated version of the main study the NRC uses to answer questions regarding cancer risks associated with nuclear plants.

Based on that 1990 study, the NRC has long contended there is no increase in cancer cases associated with nuclear power plants. But the NRC admits flaws in the study, which was conducted by the National Institutes of Health, the federal agency that finances most of the government’s medical research.

New cancer study of areas around U.S. nuclear facilities brings relief in TMI area | – PennLive.com

May 1, 2010 - Posted by | health, USA | , , , , ,

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  1. I certainly hope that when they look at TMI during the months of the accident in 1979 they will clearly define the areas that were downwind and those whose drinking water was most likely affected. Met Ed “accidentally” dumped millions of gallons of water into the Susquehanna River months after both Lancaster and York sued them to prevent them from doing so legally. radiation sinks so the vegetation and wildlife in the Susquehanna are also food sources locally and regionally which could raise the general cancer rates beyond just lung and leukemias.
    Until Pennsylvania agrees to collect cancer statistics from hospitals, doctors and all health professionals in the region, any study cannot be conclusive or reliable. There are numerous “anecdotal” reports because of the failure of responsible agencies to collect the facts out of fear of what they will discover or simply disbelief.
    Having many relatives and friends die or live with leukemia and some “weird” cancers over the past 30 years, plus the personal knowledge from health professionals in the area who began collecting their own data because no one else would, I am skeptical of any study which claims a clear conclusion–there are too many data collections that are being ignored.

    Kim's avatar Comment by Kim | June 18, 2010 | Reply

  2. My ex-husband covered the TMI accident for a television station. His cancer began on his tongue and spread. I would be interested in knowing if the exposure he had in the days immediately after following the accident lead to his cancer – he was otherwise an extremely healthy and active man.

    Nona McGaa's avatar Comment by Nona McGaa | September 15, 2010 | Reply


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