The Coldwater Creek-A Missouri River, a tributary of the Missouri River, was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bombing in the 1940s, in the ’50s, and in the 60s, and in the ’60s’ in the 60s, according to a high risk of cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard Tha Chan School of Public Health. Researchers say that findings confirm health concerns conducted by the members of the community for a long time.

The study will be published on 16 July Jama network openIt coincides with the Congress, in which an extended version of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) as part of the Trump Tax Bill has been passed through, through which, Coldwater Creek residents, including the residents of American, can get compensation for the medical bills associated with radiation risk.

Most studies of radiation risk have focused on the bomb survivors who have a high level of risk; Very low radiation is known about the health effects of the lower level of risk.

For this study, researchers used membership of 4,209 participants from St. Louis Baby Tooth – Later Life Health Studies (SLBT), a colleague made of many individuals who lived near Coldwater Creek as children and who began to donate their child’s teeth in 1958. Risk to radiation From atmospheric nuclear tests. Between 1958 and 1972, participants living in the Greater St. Louis region informed about the incidents of the self-report of cancer, allowing researchers to calculate the risk of cancer according to the childhood residence of Coldwater Creek.

The findings showed that a dose-response effect-the closest to the sirc was, which was more risk for most cancer than people living far away. There were 1,009 individuals (24%of the study population), who reported to have cancer. Among them, Creek -30% had more ratio for those living, less than one kilometer, one and five kilometers away, 28%, five to 20 kilometers away 25%, and 24% 20 kilometers or more).

Researchers estimated that those living more than 20 kilometers from Creek had 24% risk of any type of cancer. Compared to this group, in those who lived less than one kilometer away from Creek, the risk of developing any type of cancer was 44% higher; Solid cancer (cancer that creates a mass, unlike blood cancer), 52% more; Radioceneve cancer (thyroid, breast, leukemia and basal cells), 85% more; And non-radios sensitive cancer (all thyroid, except for breast, leukemia and basal cells), 41% more. The risk went down between those who lived one and 5 kilometers away from the creek, and then a little further down between the people who lived 5–20 kilometers away, but still had slightly higher than those living more than 20 kilometers away.

“Our research indicates that communities around the North Saint Louis sees more cancer than coming into contact with contaminated coldwater creak,” the same writer Mark Weissykof, Cecil. And said Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology.

These findings can have widespread implications-such as countries think about increasing nuclear power and developing more nuclear weapons, the waste of these institutions can have a huge impact on people’s health, even on these low-lying levels. ,

Mark Weisscoff, Cecil’s. And Philip Dinker Professor, Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology, Harvard V Chan School of Public Health

The authors of other Harvard Chan School included Michael Leung, Ian Tang, Joyce Lynn, Loreli Mecca, Justin Kisan and Kelih McClen.