Title: US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net
Headings: US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants
US: Report finds high rate of thyroid cancer in eastern Pennsylvania.; blames nuclear power plants
Content: One University of Pennsylvania doctor who has researched thyroid cancer called the findings "provocative" and "intriguing," but added that the author needed to delve more into the subject. "We do know nuclear plants give off radioactive iodine [and] radioactive iodine can be associated with thyroid cancer," said Susan J. Mandel, a professor of medicine and radiology. " Does it mean it causes it? It requires further investigation to see if it's causing it." Lehigh County had the highest thyroid-cancer rate; others in eastern Pennsylvania were: Northampton (3rd), Luzerne (6th), York (7th), Bucks (14th) and Lancaster (18th). In New Jersey, Camden was ranked No. 16 and Burlington was 17th.