Anthony Browne, health editor Sunday April 29, 2001

The Observer One of the most significant leukaemia clusters in Britain has been discovered among children living near the Oldbury nuclear power station on the banks of the Severn. A study has found that people living near the river, which contains high levels of radioactive particles, are up to twice as likely to die of cancer as people elsewhere. The report claims children in Chepstow, South Wales, are 11 times more likely to get leukaemia than the national average and that the probability that this is just coincidence is one in a thousand. Snip.....

-- Ron Trapnell (fridayfiles@space.com), April 29, 2001

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People linving near the Indian Point Nuclear complex are also saying that rates of illness fall when the plants are closed. This facility is located about 30 miles North of New York City.

-- K (infosurf@yahoo.com), April 29, 2001.