Nuclear Power and Public Health

Feb 2008: Study shows more infant deaths near Hinkley:
A new study has shown a three-fold excess of infant mortality in nearby towns bordering the Severn Estuary, downwind of Hinkley Point.

Citizens' Epidemiology discovers cancer cluster. Unique health survey in Burnham on Sea implicates Hinkley. A group of committed parents has conducted a unique doorstep survey of its own community and discovered appalling levels of cancer just five miles from Hinkley Point. The results show cancer INCIDENCE not mortality. This gives a tighter correspondence to environmental causes and confirms the findings of local cancer mortality studies Green Audit has undertaken over the past two years.

LOW RADIATION NUCLEAR RISK: The official pamphlet on low doses of radiation is out of date. More >>>>>

26 Apr 2007: HINKLEY BREAST CANCER CLAIMS SPARKS NEW ROW: A furious row has broken out over claims that an unexpected cluster of cancer cases has been found near Hinkley Point nuclear power station. Anti-nuclear campaigners yesterday claimed the death rate from breast cancer in one part of Burnham-on-Sea was 70 per cent above the national average for the 10 years to 2005.

Burnham breast cancer excess 70% over ten years. Newly released figures show that Burnham North has suffered a seventy percent excess of breast cancer mortality over the decade to 2005. The new statistics confirm a worrying trend first discovered in research by Dr Busby in 2000 where Burnham North stood out from 150 Somerset electoral wards studied for cancer deaths with twice the expected number.

Hinkley Point cancer cluster - New findings from Green Audit (July 2000) Cancer Mortality and Proximity to Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station 1995-1998: Summary of Green Audit Study Findings

COMARE's mistaken attack on the Parents Concerned About Hinkley (PCAH) questionnaire survey of cancer in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, UK. COMARE have admitted their mistake about the size of the sample and the scale of the response and have amended their Statement.

Breast cancer rates higher near nuclear plant  Cancer levels in women living close to a former nuclear power station are more than 15 times higher than the national average, claims a TV documentary. The documentary reveals the shocking results of a survey carried out in the vicinity of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in north Wales.
Death of pet dogs leads to radiation fear at Hinkley: An inquiry has been launched into a claim that high radiation levels were found near Hinkley Point. The Geiger counter readings were taken by a man whose two dogs died from stomach cancer after regularly being walked in the area.
Worker blames plant for cancer: A former Berkeley power station worker is in despair after losing a three-year battle for compensation for the cancer he claims he contracted while working at the atom plant.
Workers in N plants risk cancer: The biggest study ever among nuclear power workers has established that the low doses of radiation they receive can increase their cancer risk.
Young lives blighted in a nuclear wasteland: Shocking revelation about a child leukaemia cluster in the Severn Valley sounds a radiation health alert for all who live near nuclear plants. It was a home video that first made the family realise something might be wrong.
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