An amazing study was published last week in the International Journal of Epidemiology: radiation exposure could be the source of increased mortality after cardiovascular diseases among nuclear workers. Researchers however remain cautious and make sure not to overstate the importance of their results. (Ref. 080218)
Objective of the study. Dave McGeoghegan, Keith Binks, Michael Gillies, Steve Jones and Steve Whaley carried out the research, entitled “The non-cancer mortality experience of male workers at British Nuclear Fuels plc, 1946-2005”, funded by the British Nuclear Fuels company and subsequently by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Based on recent studies of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which established that there might be a link between radiation exposure a
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