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Cancer caused by ionising radiation and toxins “grossly underestimated”

President’s Cancer Panel claims cancers due to environmental toxins grossly underestimated –  – TIME.com, President’s panel analyzes environmental cancer impact by Tiffany O’Callaghan 6 May 2010, “……what evidence there is suggests that the “true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated,” the authors write……In hospitals and doctor’s offices, the authors emphasize the need to minimize radiation exposure, and consider environmental exposures when taking patient histories. From a public policy standpoint, they recommend that lawmakers and government agencies err on the side of caution:….
Speaking to reporters on a conference call this afternoon organized by the Breast Cancer Fund, Dr. Richard Clapp, a professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health and one of the experts who submitted testimony to the panel, explained it this way: with the existing, reactionary policies, “you have to wait until the bodies are counted before you can go back and say, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t allow people to be exposed

President’s Cancer Panel claims cancers due to environmental toxins grossly underestimated – Wellness – TIME.com

May 7, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear costs, radiation, reactors