The question of whether the Fukushima nuclear power plant tsunami disaster has or will cause more cases of thyroid cancer remains unanswered, but a recent report may be evidence of a small tide of such cancers.
Its now getting coverage in the mainstream press .
The report looks far from conclusive as yet, with issues such as timing (perhaps cases appearing a bit earlier than expected after the exposure to radioactivity), and the lack of data on what exposure the patients had to radioactivity, but its the first signs of a potential effect.
Its now getting coverage in the mainstream press .
The report looks far from conclusive as yet, with issues such as timing (perhaps cases appearing a bit earlier than expected after the exposure to radioactivity), and the lack of data on what exposure the patients had to radioactivity, but its the first signs of a potential effect.
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