E-M:/ Michigan Messenger: Cancer questions grow around Fermi nuclear plant

[Kay Cumbow <kcumbow@greatlakes.net>]

Cancer questions grow around Fermi nuclear plant  
http://michiganmessenger.com/12965/cancer-questions-grow-around-fermi-nuclear-plant
State health report shows 31 percent increase in cancer rate among
young people in Monroe County since 1996 

By Eartha Jane
Melzer 2/17/09 7:44 AM 


Snip: "The cancer rate among people under the age of 25 in Monroe
County rose at more than three times the rate of the rest of the state
between 1996 and 2005, according to a report generated by the Michigan
Department of Community Health (MDCH)"

Snip: "Small amounts of radioactive iodine, an isotope associated
with nuclear power plants, have been detected in cow’s milk around Fermi
and across the state, [Bob DeHaan, chief of the Radiological Assessment
Division of the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)]
said."

Snip: Dr. Janette Sherman, adjunct professor at Western Michigan
University’s Environmental Institute and author of “Life’s Delicate
Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer,” has spent her career
researching environmental causes of cancer. She said that cancer among
young people should be viewed as an indicator for radiation problems
associated with nuclear plants.