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3. Here's a 2003 study that says yes
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 10:31 AM
Jan 2012

"Numerous reports document elevated cancer rates among children living near
nuclear facilities in various nations. Little research has examined U.S. rates near the
nation's 103 operating reactors. This study determined that cancer incidence for children
< 10 yr of age who live within 30 mi (48 km) of each of 14 nuclear plants in the eastern
United States (49 counties with a population > 16.8 million) exceeds the national
average. The excess 12.4% risk suggests that 1 in 9 cancers among children who reside
near nuclear reactors is linked to radioactive emissions. If cancer incidence in 5 western
states is used as a baseline, the ratio is closer to 1 in 5. Incidence is particularly elevated
for leukemia. Childhood cancer mortality exceeds the national average in 7 of the 14
study areas."


http://www.c-10.org/pdf/Elevated%20childhood%20cancer%20incidence%20proximate%20to%20U.pdf

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