Professor John Frink
03-03-2006, 09:25 AM
Tumors Persist 60 Years After A-Bomb Radiation Exposure
Studies have shown that survivors of atomic bomb blasts show a higher incidence of some tumors
A recent study has shown (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aJfXiq3oiuUI&www.dailytech.com) that survivors of the U.S. atomic bomb attacks in Japan still feel the effects of radiation exposure 60 years after the bombings. The latest research shows that survivors were still developing thyroid nodules, tumors and/or cysts. The younger a survivor was when the blast occurred, the more likely they were to develop a thyroid nodules. Over 4,000 survivors were studied by doctors from Japan's Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Both U.S. and Japanese scientists have been studying what radiation among other things has done to the people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The growths were linked to radiation exposure in more than a quarter of the cases, the study found. It's a sign to people exposed to radiation that they aren't necessarily in the clear after long periods of time have passed, John Boice, scientific director at the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Maryland, said in a telephone interview.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1048
Studies have shown that survivors of atomic bomb blasts show a higher incidence of some tumors
A recent study has shown (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aJfXiq3oiuUI&www.dailytech.com) that survivors of the U.S. atomic bomb attacks in Japan still feel the effects of radiation exposure 60 years after the bombings. The latest research shows that survivors were still developing thyroid nodules, tumors and/or cysts. The younger a survivor was when the blast occurred, the more likely they were to develop a thyroid nodules. Over 4,000 survivors were studied by doctors from Japan's Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Both U.S. and Japanese scientists have been studying what radiation among other things has done to the people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The growths were linked to radiation exposure in more than a quarter of the cases, the study found. It's a sign to people exposed to radiation that they aren't necessarily in the clear after long periods of time have passed, John Boice, scientific director at the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Maryland, said in a telephone interview.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1048