Leukemia in the Proximity of a German Boiling-Water Nuclear Reactor: Evidence of Population Exposure by Chromosome Studies and Environmental Radioactivity
| Autor: | Anna Heimers, Bettina Dannheim, Boris Oberheitmann, Heike Schröder, Heiko Ziggel, Inge Schmitz-Feuerhake |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Rain Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Physiology Biology Radiation Dosage law.invention law hemic and lymphatic diseases Boiling Germany medicine Humans Lymphocytes Child Radiometry Chromosome Aberrations Leukemia Radiation-Induced business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chromosome Infant Environmental Exposure biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Nuclear reactor medicine.disease Leukemia Air Pollutants Radioactive Cesium Radioisotopes Child Preschool Environmental radioactivity Female Population exposure Nuclear medicine business Radioactive Hazard Release Power Plants Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Perspectives |
| ISSN: | 0091-6765 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3433660 |
| Popis: | Exceptional elevation of children's leukemia appearing 5 years after the 1983 startup of the Krümmel nuclear power plant, accompanied by a significant increase of adult leukemia cases, led to investigations of radiation exposures of the population living near the plant. The rate of dicentric chromosomes in peripheral lymphocytes of seven parents of children with leukemia and in 14 other inhabitants near the plant was significantly elevated and indicated ongoing exposures over the years of its operation. These findings led to the hypothesis that chronic reactor leakages had occurred. This assumption is support by identification of artificial radioactivity in air, rainwater, soil and vegetation by the environmental monitoring program at the nuclear power plant. Calculations of the corresponding source terms show that emissions must have been well above authorized annual limits. Bone marrow doses supposedly result primarily through incorporation of bone-seeking beta- and alpha-emitters. |
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