HEALTH
10/23/2001
Study links nearly 2,000 cases of thyroid cancer to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident-the largest group of human cancers associated with a known cause and date.
Source
Study presented at European Cancer Conference, Lisbon, and cited in "Counting Chernobyl's Cancer Cost," Environment News Service, 23 October 2001.
Links
Chernobyl Children's Project
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Chernobyl - Tschernobyl - Information
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
WHO's International Programme on the Health Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident
Worldwatch Links
State of the World 2003 - Chapter 5: Charting a New Energy Future
Worldwatch Research Library: Health
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