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by Tepix 2587 days ago
The risk of cancer for small children is doubled near a nuclear plant, see https://www.bfs.de/DE/bfs/wissenschaft-forschung/ergebnisse/...
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There could be, of course, confounding factors; I can't read German, but I can say that in the US at least, cancer rates are elevated in industrial zones in general -- exactly the places that nuclear reactors are constructed.
As it’s small numbers and small distances involved, I wonder if the risk is really from parents working at the plant, or if they controlled for that.