Elevated Thyroid Cancer reported Near Indian Point Nuclear Plant

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Odiejoe [Odiejoe]

Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:58 AM

Ltr to Editor on Thyroid Cancer Near Indian Point in Westchester

Journal News

 

 

Dear Friends:

 

 

 

This letter was published in the November 28 issue of the Westchester

Journal News.

 

 

 

The attacks on RPHP research from the industry and some government

officials continue.

 

 

 

RPHP always has, and will continue to counter these attacks with

fact-based responses. The data, which are the result of extensive research,

are

powerful - we believe just as powerful as pro-nuclear slogans.

 

 

 

Best,

 

Joe Mangano

 

 

 

Thyroid cancer rates are alarming

November 28, 2009

 

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Re â€Cancer-nuke plant link seems pretty weak,“ Nov. 20 article:

 

 

 

 

New research reveals that thyroid cancer rates near the Indian Point

nuclear power plant are among the highest in the nation. Government statistics

show that, compared to the U.S., thyroid cancer rates are 106 percent higher

in Rockland County; 102 percent higher in Putnam County; 87 percent higher

in Orange County; and 42 percent higher in Westchester County.

These figures are alarming. Unfortunately, Westchester County Health

Commissioner Joshua Lipsman maliciously attacks this research, done by the

Radiation and Public Health Project. RPHP, which I direct, comprises

professional scientists. Our research is factual, while he has no proof to

support his

statements. My colleagues and I have published 25 papers on radiation

health risk in scientific journals, including the esteemed Lancet and British

Medical Journal. All papers were peer-reviewed by expert scientists who

found them to meet high professional standards. Lipsman never published a

single journal article on radiation health.

Lipsman mistakenly calls radiation releases from Indian Point â€below what

experts say is acceptable.“ The 2005 blue ribbon panel report by the

National Academy of Sciences concluded that even low radiation doses harm

humans,

based on hundreds of scientific papers.

A rapidly rising number of local residents are being diagnosed with

thyroid cancer. Many are young and middle-aged, with no prior health problems.

To

prevent cancer, all causes must be considered and understood. Research on

one of these causes must be taken seriously.

Joseph J. Mangano

Ocean City, N.J.

The writer is executive director of the Radiation and Public Health

Project.