Cancer and Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation A Review of the Research Literature

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JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.

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Report

Date

5-2003

Description

This research overview is part of an initiative: Worker and Community-Based Self Help on Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Compensation Rights at Los Alamos. The project is supported by a grant from the Citizens' Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund. It is being conducted by JSI Center For Environmental Health Studies (JSI) in collaboration with the worker organization Citizens for LANL Employee Rights (CLER) and the community-based organization El Rio Arriba Environmental Health Association (El RAEHA). The goal is to advance worker understanding and participation in important decision making. Experts invited to the community conducted a series of workshops covering such topics as occupational health and safety, epidemiology, health effects of exposure to radiation and asbestos, the role of occupational studies in setting exposure standards, and worker compensation.

For those who are impacted by cancer that may be due to employment at a nuclear facility there are few places to turn to for information that is objective and up-to-date. The concerns of exposed individuals tend to fall through the cracks of government agencies, the medical profession, and anti-nuclear groups. This guide attempts to provide useful, objective information for those who have worked in nuclear industries, in particular the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). In it you will find summarized results of health studies conducted at LANL and across the world to determine whether specific types of cancer may arise from radiation exposure. Rates of cancer in Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties are also included. This information can be of value to the broader community in efforts to best protect residents and act on health concerns.

This research was completed money allocated during Round 1 of the Citizens’ Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund (MTA Fund). Clark University was named conservator of these works.

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JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.

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pdf

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nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons testing, environment, non-governmental organizations, United States Department of Energy, tribal governments, environmental cleanup, radioactive fallout, radioactive waste

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Santa Fe, NM

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JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., "Cancer and Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation A Review of the Research Literature" (2003). JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.. 1.
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