And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source:<A HREF="1999/08/05/nukcancer990805</A> ====================================================== Canada to watch cancer rates near nuclear plants Aug 6, 1999 OWEN SOUND, ONT. - Amid concerns over high cancer risks in people living near nuclear reactors, Canada's federal nuclear control agency has announced it will monitor rates of the disease in communities near the plants. •LINKS: Websites related to this story The Atomic Energy Control Board announced the new system Thursday. It will work with Health Canada to periodically monitor the number of cancer cases and related deaths in the target areas. The action is being taken after the release of a U.S. study suggesting high cancer rates are linked to proximity to nuclear reactors. The study conducted by Dr. Jay Gould of the Radiation and Public Health Project, was highlighted at last week's World Conference on Breast Cancer in Ottawa. Gould measured cancer rates as well as levels of the radioactive element strontium within 16 kilometres of a reactor on Long Island, N.Y. He said he found "extremely high levels" of cancers in women living in the study area. Representatives of Canada's nuclear industry dispute the concerns raised by the study. And the control board says Canadian reactors release less than one per one of acceptable levels of strontium. Health Canada has done previous testing of cow's milk near the country's reactors but stopped after finding consistently low levels of radioactive materials. A representative for the Atomic Enegry Control Board says the new monitoring system is being launched now to ease public concerns on the safety of nuclear power plants. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
