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Childhood leukemia doubles around nuclear plants

A new study in the International Journal of Cancer (Jan. 2012) confirms the Academy’s repeated warnings that nuclear power plants’ routine operations create an increased risk of leukemia among children who live nearby. 

“The study found a doubling of occurrence of childhood leukemia between 2002 and 2007 among children under 5 years living within 5 km of nuclear plants – similar to the findings of a 2008 German study which found a higher risk of childhood leukemia among those living near nuclear power plants. 

The new study was conducted by a team from a French Institute that had tried to discredit previous French studies showing that nuclear facilities impacted health.

 

 

 

14,000 U.S. deaths tied to Fukushima

“An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of the International Journal of Health Services.  This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima.”
 

Infant deaths were particularly high.  Read more at the Radiation and Public Health Project website.  


Nuclear Bailouts

 

Stop taxpayer bailouts of the nuclear power industry!

The Administration and Congress are pushing increased subsidies for the nuclear power industry despite reliable estimates that there is a 50% chance the industry will default on new taxpayer-guaranteed loans.

For an overview of the problems with nuclear power, including its economics, how it hampers our ability to fight climate change and enhances the risks of nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and cancer, read the Academy’s articles, “Japan’s Nuclear Kamikazes,” “The Nuclear Nemesis,” “The Nuclear Nemesis Redux,” and Chapter 5 of its 2007 book, Freedom from Mid-East Oil.

 

Military Spending

On many levels, cutting military spending makes more sense than cutting aid to cash-strapped states that are laying off teachers and police and cutting vital social services.  

The U.S. military has been battling Congress to get it to stop wasteful "pork barrel" spending on programs the military itself doesn't want, such as F-22 fighter jets and the Boeing C-17. 

Visit the National Priorities Project to see the cost of war and the trade-offs for your community.