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Sunday 24 April 2016
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No rise in cancer morbidity found among the employees and people living near nuclear power plants

No rise in cancer morbidity found among the employees and people living near nuclear power plants

New Delhi :-  Epidemiological survey for heath assessment of employees working in the nuclear power plants and their families, who stay in the nearby township and villages, have been carried out for the nuclear power plant sites by reputed local medical colleges and the analysis has been carried out by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, the premier cancer research centre of the country. These studies have found that the morbidity pattern of all ailments in and around nuclear power plants is lower than the national average of the corresponding ailments. There has also not been any rise in cancer morbidity in these areas, compared to national average.



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