Title: US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net
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US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants
Content: US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net
US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants
Regina Medina
Philadelphia Daily News
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:02 UTC
Residents of eastern Pennsylvania might not know it, but they're living in the middle of a thyroid-cancer hot spot, according to a public-health advocate. The eastern side of the state lays claim to six of the nation's top 18 counties with the highest thyroid-cancer rates, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pennsylvania ranked as the No. 1 state in thyroid-cancer cases between 2001 and 2005, 12.8 cases per 100,000 residents. ( New Jersey comes in at No. 5 with 11.8 cases per 100,000.)