• Many of these areas actually have higher radiation levels than many parts of the evacuation zones around Chernobyl and Fukushima. (world-nuclear.org)
  • In fact, most areas of the Chernobyl and Fukushima evacuation zones have radiation levels no higher than natural background levels. (world-nuclear.org)
  • A year after the disaster, more than a third of the children in the Fukushima district were diagnosed with abnormal growths in their thyroid glands. (humansbefree.com)
  • And, in August of 2013, over 40 children in Fukushima were newly diagnosed with thyroid and other cancers. (humansbefree.com)
  • Its accompanying press release summed up its findings this way: "No discernible changes in future cancer rates and hereditary diseases are expected due to exposure to radiation as a result of the Fukushima nuclear accident. (counterpunch.org)
  • [1] But distinguishing a particular cancer case as having been caused by Fukushima rather than by other toxins, or combination of them, may be impossible - leading to UNSCEAR's deceptive summation. (counterpunch.org)
  • Nuclear accidents, like the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, have demonstrated the long-lasting effects of radiation on ecosystems. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Some 39 months after the multiple explosions at Fukushima , thyroid cancer rates among nearby children have skyrocketed to more than forty times (40x) normal. (transcend.org)
  • More than 48 percent of some 375,000 young people-nearly 200,000 kids-tested by the Fukushima Medical University near the smoldering reactors now suffer from pre-cancerous thyroid abnormalities , primarily nodules and cysts. (transcend.org)
  • Years later the effects of nuclear fallout from Fukushima will have diverse effects on the population and animals following a series of low dose exposures. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • While experts suggest this is some type of "mystery illness" affecting our horses, they are not 100% sure of the cause, but Fukushima radiation hasn't even been thrown on the table due to the extent of cover-up from this major disaster. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Radiation leaked after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is unlikely to make the general public and the majority of workers sick, a United Nations scientific committee today said previewing a new report. (un.org)
  • Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi did not cause any immediate health effects," the UN Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) today said in a news release . (un.org)
  • If that had not been the case, we might have seen the cancer rates rising and other health problems emerging over the next several decades," said Wolfgang Weiss, Chair, UNSCEAR report on radiological Impact of the Fukushima-Daiichi accident. (un.org)
  • In February, the UN World Health Organization ( WHO ) released a report in which it argued that health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan such as cancer are low overall. (un.org)
  • The report also notes that one third of the emergency workers who were inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant have an increased risk of cancer. (un.org)
  • VIENNA, 31 May (UN Information Service) - "Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi did not cause any immediate health effects. (unvienna.org)
  • The effects of radiation exposure on humans and the environment following the accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011 is one of the major issues being discussed at the Committee's annual session which started on Monday, 27 May. (unvienna.org)
  • This covers medical as well as other kinds of exposure (not specifically related to the accident at Fukushima-Daiichi). (unvienna.org)
  • This is particularly the case for Japanese people living away from Fukushima, where annual doses of around 0.2 mSv from the accident are estimated, arising primarily through ingestion of radionuclides in food. (unvienna.org)
  • Arnie Gundersen, the sole engineer of Fairewinds Associates , continues to tell lies about the radiation released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Compared with the effects of the radiation exposure from Fukushima, "the number of expected fatalities are never going to be that large," says Thomas McKone, of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. (atomicinsights.com)
  • A common source of ionizing radiation is radioactive materials that emit α, β, or γ radiation, consisting of helium nuclei, electrons or positrons, and photons, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • If the source of the ionizing radiation is a radioactive material or a nuclear process such as fission or fusion, there is particle radiation to consider. (wikipedia.org)
  • Particle radiation from radioactive material or cosmic rays almost invariably carries enough energy to be ionizing. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most ionizing radiation originates from radioactive materials and space (cosmic rays), and as such is naturally present in the environment, since most rocks and soil have small concentrations of radioactive materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • The initial blast is far more destructive than any conventional weapons, while the subsequent exposure to radiation and spread of radioactive fallout can cause lasting health and environmental effects. (daisyalliance.org)
  • In addition to the initial blast effects, exposure to radiation and radioactive fallout causes severe health effects in both the short and long term. (daisyalliance.org)
  • Life itself emerged at a time when the planet was much more radioactive than it is today, and all living organisms have evolved in ways to be able to coexist with radiation. (world-nuclear.org)
  • In Ramsar (Iran), residents can receive doses of up to 260 mSv per year, about 100 times the global average, due to naturally occurring radioactive elements. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Studying 228 birds of 23 different species captured in Chernobyl, Gaschak and colleagues from the University of South Carolina (US) and University Pierre et Marie Curie (France) measured the birds' levels of radioactive strontium and radioactive cesium, comparing migrating populations with those that remain in the area, as well as examining age, sex, and nesting preferences to determine the amounts and types of radiation accumulating in the birds. (mongabay.com)
  • Health officials have predicted that over the next 70 years there will be a 2% increase in cancer rates in much of the population which was exposed to the 5 12 (depending on source) EBq of radioactive contamination released from the reactor. (mongabay.com)
  • Some children in the contaminated areas were exposed to high thyroid doses up to 50 gray (Gy) because of an intake of radioactive iodine, a relatively short-lived isotope, from contaminated local milk. (mongabay.com)
  • He correctly states that the report found 6848 cases of thyroid cancer in children, although he fails to acknowledge it was due to the effects of radioactive iodine in the nuclear fallout. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • The 1957 accident contaminated a larger area with the highest exposure levels in an area that is called the East Urals Radioactive Trace (EURT). (bvsalud.org)
  • Radiation - specifically, radioactive iodine-131 - damages the body by inflicting oxidative stress, causing cells to malfunction and rupture. (humansbefree.com)
  • Natural sources include cosmic radiation from space, radon gas emitted from the Earth's crust, and radioactive elements present in soil and rocks. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Radioactive materials released during accidents can contaminate soil, water, and plants, leading to the death or mutation of many organisms. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Ionizing radiation is emitted by radioactive elements and by equipment such as x-ray and radiation therapy machines. (msdmanuals.com)
  • At the Fernald State School, mentally retarded boys were fed radioactive iron and calcium but consent forms sent to parents didn't mention radiation. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • A 1994 Minneapolis StarTribune report, "48 more human radiation experiments revealed," noted psychiatric patients and infants were injected with radioactive iodine. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • Even today, the radiation levels in the region are extremely high and the natural water resources are still contaminated with radioactive waste. (theseoultimes.com)
  • The additional exposures received by most Japanese people in the first year and subsequent years due to the radioactive releases from the accident are less than the doses received from natural background radiation (which is about 2.1 mSv per year). (unvienna.org)
  • Radioactive iodine treatment uses large doses of radioactive iodine and is usually used after surgery. (medicinenet.com)
  • The company immediately hired Randall Thompson to serve as the health physics technician in charge of monitoring radioactive emissions, while Joy Thompson got a job monitoring radiation doses to TMI workers. (tmia.com)
  • mIBG enters cancer cells through the norepinephrine transporter (NET) where the radioactive decay of 131 I causes DNA damage, cell death, and tumor necrosis. (aspetjournals.org)
  • If all gross disease cannot be resected, or if residual disease is not avid for radioactive iodine, radiation therapy is often employed for locally advanced disease. (medscape.com)
  • One source of exposure is from hazardous waste sites that contain radioactive waste. (cdc.gov)
  • To explain what ionizing radiation is, we will start with a discussion of atoms, how they come to be radioactive, and how they give off ionizing radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • Ionizing radiation is energy that is carried by several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, x ray machines, and fuel elements in nuclear reactors. (cdc.gov)
  • Overall, about 5% of patients with thyroid cancer have metastases beyond the cervical or mediastinal area on initial presentation, as do 2-3% of patients with papillary thyroid cancer and 11% of patients with follicular thyroid cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with FTC are more likely to develop lung and bone metastases than are patients with papillary thyroid cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Particle radiation is subatomic particles accelerated to relativistic speeds by nuclear reactions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even a limited nuclear exchange (approximately 100 nuclear weapons) has the potential to cause 2 billion deaths worldwide due to food shortages. (daisyalliance.org)
  • Site of the disaster Although exact figures have been elusive, some experts have long estimated that the death toll stemming from the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine could reach the tens or even hundreds of thousands. (rferl.org)
  • Sleeping next to someone gives us a much higher radiation dose than living close to a nuclear power station - both of which are harmless. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Many find radiation scary, especially when it is associated with a nuclear power station, despite the fact that there is no difference between natural radiation and 'man-made' radiation. (world-nuclear.org)
  • If the US Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. were a nuclear facility, it would not have been licensed due to the radiation levels the buildings gives off. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Exposure to radiation is the principal public concern in the event of a nuclear accident. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The worst nuclear accident in history, which took place at Chernobyl, caused the death of 28 nuclear plant and emergency workers who were exposed to lethal amounts of radiation. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Children in the United States have seen their risk of cancers rise from drinking milk contaminated with fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests. (armscontrol.org)
  • Fairlie hypothesized that the earlier studies showing higher incidence of childhood cancers in the neighborhood of the nuclear campuses in plausible in the light of the new data. (countercurrents.org)
  • Over 60 epidemiological studies world-wide have examined cancer incidences in children near nuclear power plants (NPPs): most of them indicate leukemia increases. (countercurrents.org)
  • Chernobyl's ecosystems seem to be recovering just 19 years after the region was badly contaminated with radiation from a nuclear meltdown according to a report backed by the United Nations. (mongabay.com)
  • The most comprehensive study of nuclear workers by the IARC, involving 600,000 workers exposed to an average cumulative dose of 19mSv, showed a cancer risk consistent with that of the A-bomb survivors. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Two days ago on this page, George Monbiot ("How the anti-nuclear lobby misled us all with dodgy claims"), citing the report, wrongly plays down he death toll. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • When a political commentator like Ann Couler weighed in on FoxNews about the radiation hazard posed by nuclear power plants damaged by a severe earthquake and tsunami in Japan , you can be sure there will be questions over what motivated her to speak out on this topic. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • The timing of this pronouncement appears to be particularly insensitive to Japan where food is contaminated and there is direct radiation exposure to people in the immediate area of damaged nuclear power plants. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Did the nuclear power industry somehow influence Ann Coulter to spread disinformation that would be a partial cover for their culpability in the recent leak of radiation in Japan? (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • The nuclear accidents at 3-Mile Island and Chernobyl, as well as the two atom bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII did not produce mass death. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Of course, it is not necessary to be involved in a nuclear accident in order to be exposed to radiation. (humansbefree.com)
  • The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) joined the controversy June 4, with a 27-page " Critical Analysis of the UNSCEAR Report 'Levels and effects of radiation exposures due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East-Japan Earthquake and tsunami . (counterpunch.org)
  • The plummeting of official childhood mortality rates around five US nuclear reactors after they were shut down was also "unexpected," but shown by Joe Mangano and the Project on Radiation and Human Health. (counterpunch.org)
  • UNSCEAR, the physicians complain, "draws mainly on data from the nuclear industry's publications rather than from independent sources and omits or misinterprets crucial aspects of radiation exposure", and "does not reveal the true extent of the consequences" of the disaster. (counterpunch.org)
  • With the recent nuclear catastrophe happening in Japan as well as the probability that nuclear events will continue to be a part of our world, it's prudent to have good reference information as to how the body can be supported (using natural means) and protected should high radiation exposure become a reality. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Each of these can be researched individually on the Internet such as "bee pollen+nuclear radiation protection", etc. in order to find out how it is helpful/useful to the body. (radiationdangers.com)
  • something very small" could describe the current debate over radiation risk at low exposures, as a capacity crowd learned last Thursday evening at a public seminar of the Canadian Nuclear Society in the J.L.Gray Centre. (cns-snc.ca)
  • IGNORING THE VICTIMS The IAEA man's attitude was perfectly in keeping with that of his organization which, along with the International Commission on Radiation Protection [ICRP] exists in practice largely to play down the effects of radiation on human health, and to shield the nuclear industry from compensation claims from the public. (ratical.org)
  • It is their interests, and those of the nuclear industry, to play down the health effects of radiation. (ratical.org)
  • RESTRICTIVE DEFINITIONS The main way in which the "radiation protection industry" has succeeded in hugely underrating the ill-health caused by nuclear power is by insisting on a group of extremely restrictive definitions as to what qualifies as a radiation-caused illness statistic. (ratical.org)
  • The likelihood that atomic power could cause such epidemics has been confirmed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which says that "an increase in the risk of childhood thyroid cancer" would accompany a reactor disaster. (transcend.org)
  • The "Health Risk Assessment from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami based on preliminary dose estimation" reported, however, that for people in the most contaminated area, the report estimates that there is a 70 per cent higher risk of females exposed as infants of developing thyroid cancer over their lifetimes. (un.org)
  • Joseph Mangano's 2012 Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment reveals that children were routinely exposed to alarmingly high doses of radiation from devices like "fluoroscopes" to measure foot size in shoe stores. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • The Pentagon's aboveground nuclear bomb tests of 1945-1962, totaling more than 200, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are not officially listed as radiation experiments. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • Land of Hope is a subtle and compelling drama that portrays the ambiguous condition of living with radiation contamination after a nuclear disaster in regional Japan. (japanesestudies.org.uk)
  • The Wind Scale Nuclear Power Plant accident in England caused a radiation leak, which spread over 200 square miles, resulting in wide spread contamination. (theseoultimes.com)
  • In the no nonsense words of Dr. John Gofman, (who is called the Father of the Anti Nuclear Movement) -- There cannot be a safe dose of radiation. (theseoultimes.com)
  • The first is that, testing of atomic bombs by India and Pakistan aside, the main concern is over the long-term, even intergenerational effects of prolonged exposure to relatively low doses of radiation rather than the immediate destructive effects of nuclear conflict. (informinc.co.uk)
  • Radiation is the biggest threat to humans than nuclear, terrorism, or circumstances change. (undark.org)
  • Transporter-mediated uptake has been exploited successfully in nuclear medicine to deliver several radiopharmaceuticals for cancer imaging and treatment ( Zhang and Wang, 2020 ). (aspetjournals.org)
  • FTC and other thyroid neoplasms arising from follicular cells (adenomas, papillary/follicular carcinoma, and noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features [NIFTP]) show a broad range of overlapping clinical and cytologic features. (medscape.com)
  • The IAEA notes "1800 documented cases of thyroid cancer in children who were between 0 and 14 years of age when the accident occurred, which is far higher than normal" but fails to note the expected rate. (mongabay.com)
  • Late in 1995, the World Health Organisation linked nearly 700 cases of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents to the Chernobyl accident and among these some 10 deaths are attributed to radiation. (mongabay.com)
  • The committee added that no radiation-related deaths or acute effects have been observed among the nearly 25,000 workers at the accident site, nor it is likely that excess cases of thyroid cancer due to radiation exposure would be detectable. (un.org)
  • Given the small number of highly exposed workers, it is unlikely that excess cases of thyroid cancer due to radiation exposure would be detectable. (unvienna.org)
  • Included in these rules are occupational exposure limits and exposure limits to the general public. (seintl.com)
  • Several studies of aircrew have shown that overall and cause-specific cancer mortality is low compared with the general population despite these additional occupational exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • Combined with lifestyle and genetic factors, numerous occupational exposures in aviation might contribute to heart disease risk (e.g., circadian rhythm disruption, fatigue, shift work, chronic stress). (cdc.gov)
  • At low doses, characteristic of occupational and public exposures, scientists use the linear high-dose response as a prudent guide. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Such high-powered studies, enabled by a combination of reasonably high total doses and populations, are the key to understanding the effects of occupational exposures. (cns-snc.ca)
  • While agricultural work contributes to a large part of employment and economic resources in many countries, the nature of work can pose some occupational hazards due to intense physical labour and exposures to potential y hazardous substances including pesticides, fertilizers, solvents, solar ultraviolet radiations, diesel exhaust fumes. (who.int)
  • Numerous cancers are thought to be induced from radiation exposure, based on epidemiologic studies involving environmental, medical, and occupational exposures [ 11 - 23 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • ENV has steered its investigate environmental, occupational, through the initiation of targeted individual research focus to LMICs in particular, and lifestyle- and radiation-related analytical epidemiological studies. (who.int)
  • Exposures to mixtures of agents may occur in occupational exposures and as a result of personal and cultural habits (like smoking and dietary practices). (who.int)
  • Occupational exposure limits with proteins such as topoisomerase inhibitors, and mitotic and meiotic spindle poisons. (cdc.gov)
  • Thyroid adenomas are benign neoplasms and are usually classified as follicular or papillary. (medscape.com)
  • Increased risk of second primary malignancy (SPM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has been reported. (hindawi.com)
  • Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is rapidly increasing both in the United States and abroad [ 1 , 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Papillary thyroid cancer occurs most commonly in people between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can occur at any age. (medicinenet.com)
  • Papillary thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer are sometimes referred together as differentiated thyroid cancer. (medicinenet.com)
  • Thyroid neoplasms arising from follicular cells (adenoma, carcinoma, and follicular/papillary carcinoma) show a broad range of overlapping clinical and cytologic features. (medscape.com)
  • FTC originates in follicular cells and is the second most common cancer of the thyroid, after papillary carcinoma. (medscape.com)
  • Papillary/follicular carcinoma must be considered a variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (mixed form), and Hurthle cell carcinoma should be considered a variant of FTC. (medscape.com)
  • The most common thyroid tumor to develop after exposure to radiation is papillary thyroid cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common cancer of the thyroid, after papillary carcinoma . (medscape.com)
  • The differential diagnosis of solitary thyroid nodule can be broadly classified into benign and malignant. (medscape.com)
  • Diagnosis is by history of exposure, symptoms and signs, and sometimes use of radiation detection equipment to localize and identify radionuclide contamination. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Radiation oncology is the medical specialty concerned with prescribing radiation, and is distinct from radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis). (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Efficient monitoring strategies that include age at the time of thyroid cancer diagnosis, exposure to radiation, gender, and genetic susceptibility may successfully detect SPM earlier in the disease course. (hindawi.com)
  • Radiation is widely used in hospitals today for both diagnosis and treatment. (informinc.co.uk)
  • The clinical use of mIBG as a radiopharmaceutical in cancer diagnosis and treatment can be further improved by taking a holistic approach considering mIBG transporters in both cancer and normal tissues. (aspetjournals.org)
  • For this reason, a surgical procedure to remove all or a large portion of the thyroid gland may be necessary to obtain sufficient tissue for a definitive diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer. (medscape.com)
  • For patients with newly diagnosed advanced cancer, the Expert Panel suggests early palliative care involvement within 8 weeks after diagnosis. (medscape.com)
  • All cancer patients should be repeatedly screened for palliative care needs, beginning with their initial diagnosis and thereafter at intervals as clinically indicated. (medscape.com)
  • Since the accident in 1986, Chernobyl also resulted in about 6500 thyroid cases - which would have been prevented if the authorities had stopped contaminated foodstuffs from entering the food chain. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Nearly 20 years ago Reactor number 4 at Chernobyl exploded, sending radiation across a large region of what is now the Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. (mongabay.com)
  • Timothy Mousseau will present "Consequences of radiation for reproduction and survival of barn swallows Hirundo rustica from Chernobyl. (mongabay.com)
  • The pro-nuclearists have gone into full-spin-ahead mode, misrepresenting the latest UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation) report on Chernobyl. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Contaminated milk in Chernobyl, given to young children, resulted in a few thousand thyroid cancer deaths in subsequent years, a threat that could have been totally avoided had precautions been practiced. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Among these are Chernobyl-related consultations, including his recent role as technical expert to the World Health Organization (WHO), examining the elevated thyroid cancer incidence in Belarus. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Despite massive evidence to the contrary, not least from the many thousands of victims themselves, the IAEA insists that only 32 people have so far died as a result of Chernobyl -- those who died in the radiation ward of Hospital six in Moscow. (ratical.org)
  • At Chernobyl, a compendium of more than 5,000 studies has yielded an estimated death toll of more than 1,000,000 people . (transcend.org)
  • A very conservative estimate prepared by the Chernobyl Forum in 2005, acknowledged 4000 extra cancer deaths among the 600,000 most highly exposed people. (theseoultimes.com)
  • The amount of radiation released was clearly as much as Chernobyl , but most of it headed out to sea. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Are workplace exposures linked to reproductive health effects in aircrew? (cdc.gov)
  • Also, more atten- tion should be devoted to sensitive groups, toxicological mechanisms and interactions as most workplace exposures are mixtures. (cdc.gov)
  • 1800. Its aim is the control and prevention of hazards arising from (1714-1788) discovered that soot exposure in the London pre- workplace exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet despite radiation levels dangerous to humans, most natural areas in the region have rebounded, and by ecological standards, are functioning normally. (mongabay.com)
  • there is a linear dose-response relationship between exposure to ionising radiation and the development of solid cancers in humans. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Radiation exposure doesn't only affect humans but also has significant impacts on the environment. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Based on the Preamble to the IARC Monographs, RF radiation should be classified as carcinogenic to humans, Group 1. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • In 1969, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) initiated a programme to evaluate the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans and to produce monographs on individual chemicals. (who.int)
  • The Monographs represent the first step in carcinogenic risk assessment, which involves examination of all relevant information in order to assess the strength of the available evidence that certain exposures could alter the incidence of cancer in humans. (who.int)
  • Radiation sickness, also known as Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), is caused by a high dose of radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • 203 people were hospitalized immediately, of whom 31 died (28 of them died from acute radiation exposure). (mongabay.com)
  • Acute exposure to radiation can cause sickness or death within hours or days, while low-level, chronic exposure can raise the risk of cancer - particularly cancer of the thyroid. (humansbefree.com)
  • Acute radiation syndrome, also known as radiation sickness, can occur within hours or days of exposure to high doses of radiation. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Symptoms may be local (eg, burns) or systemic (eg, acute radiation sickness). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Patients with severe acute radiation sickness receive reverse isolation, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agents, and bone marrow support. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Acute radiation syndromes can be caused by a sufficient dose of some internally deposited radionuclides that are widely distributed in tissues and organs and have a high specific activity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Thirty two people died in the accident.Another 38 died of acute radiation sickness, in the months that followed. (theseoultimes.com)
  • No radiation-related deaths or acute effects have been observed among nearly 25,000 workers (including TEPCO employees and contractors) involved at the accident site. (unvienna.org)
  • What the Thompsons say they found out during their time inside TMI suggests radiation releases from the plant were hundreds if not thousands of times higher than the government and industry have acknowledged -- high enough to cause the acute health effects documented in people living near the plant but that have been dismissed by the industry and the government as impossible given official radiation dose estimates. (tmia.com)
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  • Using the German data, Dr Ian Fairlie, an independent consultant and formerly a British civil servant on radiation risks published a paper in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, a peer reviewed journal, which was well received by the scientists (500 downloads) and the social media. (countercurrents.org)
  • These include the 2008 KiKK study commissioned by the German Government which found relative risks (RR) of 1.6 in total cancers and 2.2 in leukemias among infants living within 5 km of all German NPPs. (countercurrents.org)
  • 10,000 fold discrepancy between official dose estimates from NPP emissions and observed increased risks. (countercurrents.org)
  • The product of possible increased doses and possible increased risks per dose may provide an explanation. (countercurrents.org)
  • Also there lire many more publications and journals that devote large sections to studies involving possible health risks associated with radiation. (seintl.com)
  • There is no question that miners exposed to radon experience health risks, but this involves high-dose exposure. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Understanding the risks associated with radiation exposure is crucial to take appropriate measures for protection. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Long-term exposure to low levels of radiation can also lead to increased risks of cancer, especially when the exposure is prolonged or repeated. (chriswicknews.com)
  • To mitigate the risks associated with radiation exposure, various protective measures can be implemented. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Understanding the sources of radiation and their potential risks is essential for taking appropriate protective measures. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Airline pilots and flight attendants might have concerns about long-term health risks related to their exposures in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • More research is needed to fully understand the risks and effects following childhood exposure to radiation," said Fred Mettler, Chair, UNSCEAR Report on Effects of Radiation Exposure on Children. (un.org)
  • Everything from ringworm to tonsillitis was "treated" with X-radiation because the long-term risks were unknown or considered tolerable. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • so radiation risks tend to be played up (New Scientist, 18 April 1998). (informinc.co.uk)
  • On the whole, the exposure of the Japanese population was low, or very low, leading to correspondingly low risks of health effects later in life. (unvienna.org)
  • Nodular disorders of the thyroid gland are relatively common among adults living in the United States, with an overall prevalence of approximately 4-7% in the general population. (medscape.com)
  • Follicular adenomas are the most common type of adenomas and arise from the follicular epithelium within the thyroid gland. (medscape.com)
  • Thyroid cancer arises from the cells of the thyroid gland. (medicinenet.com)
  • The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck, just below Adam's apple. (medicinenet.com)
  • The thyroid gland produces hormones (chemicals) that regulate body weight, temperature, blood pressure and heart rate. (medicinenet.com)
  • It arises from the cells in the thyroid gland that produce and store thyroid hormones (follicular cells). (medicinenet.com)
  • Medullary thyroid cancer arises in the C cells in the thyroid gland. (medicinenet.com)
  • Gland cells are a good example of this, since 2 short term exposures stimulate their activity but long term exposures cause visible damage and a loss of function. (stopumts.nl)
  • Damage to the thyroid gland from living within 100 metres of a cell phone base station caused hypothyroidism and may be partially responsible for our current outbreak of obesity and chronic fatigue. (stopumts.nl)
  • As a result, any "death" in the blood, aka toxicity, easily accumulates in the pineal gland. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Exposure to high doses of radiation causes radiation sickness, leading to nausea, vomiting, and death. (daisyalliance.org)
  • Category 5 means that radiation doses are dangerously high and potentially lethal. (cdc.gov)
  • High doses of radiation can cause massive damage to organs of the body and kill the person. (cdc.gov)
  • At extremely high doses of radiation, the person may lose consciousness and die within hours. (cdc.gov)
  • Category 4 means that radiation doses are dangerously high and can make people seriously ill. (cdc.gov)
  • Radiation doses are not high enough to cause death, but one or more symptoms of radiation sickness may appear. (cdc.gov)
  • Category 3 means that radiation doses are becoming high enough where we may expect increased risk of cancer in the years ahead for people who are exposed. (cdc.gov)
  • Most were rescue workers who died within months of the accident because of exposure to high doses of radiation. (rferl.org)
  • The report finds that more than 600,000 people received high levels of exposure, including reactor staff, emergency and recovery personnel, and residents of the nearby areas. (rferl.org)
  • Cancer patients often receive extremely high radiation doses - in some cases 40-60 Sievert over a period of a few weeks - to treat their disease. (world-nuclear.org)
  • They also knew that high officials had been "wearing small radiation counters" while the public had no protection. (armscontrol.org)
  • and that is acknowledging radiation as a known carcinogen and killer at high dose levels. (seintl.com)
  • For the last one-hundred years many studies have reported the deleterious effects of high-dose radiation exposure. (seintl.com)
  • Most other cancers caused by radiation are not that easy to detect above the high background natural rates of cancer. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • For low doses, the risk estimates are all hypothetical, calculated from data involving high-dose exposure . (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • If X number of people die from exposure to high-dose radiation, then how many would die from chronic exposure to low-dose radiation? (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Noting that vitamin C can block and even reverse the damage inflicted by radiation exposure, Levy recommends taking high doses before undergoing any of the above procedures. (humansbefree.com)
  • And - for those working in environments that feature exposure to high concentrations of radiation - the group has another suggestion. (humansbefree.com)
  • According to JCIT member Atsuo Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., these individuals should immediately undergo high-dose vitamin C intravenous therapy, along with an antioxidant program. (humansbefree.com)
  • Exposure to high levels of radiation can have severe consequences on human health. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Some evidence suggests that cosmic radiation exposure, high physical job demands, and working during typical sleep hours might be associated with an increased risk for miscarriage among pregnant flight attendants. (cdc.gov)
  • He points to a follow-up study of Canadian TB patients receiving fluoroscopy that indicates, in a very strong statistical manner, a zero effect of fairly high doses received in a highly fractionated manner (several days between exposures). (cns-snc.ca)
  • East Africa has extremely high incidence and mortality rates from oesophageal cancer, similar to the Asian oesophageal cancer belt. (who.int)
  • A strong focus on exposures local to these settings and cultures is being emphasized e.g. traditional brews and distil ations, geophagia, cleaning teeth with charcoal and a chewed stick, thermal injury (with the consumption of hot tea at high altitudes), household air pol ution commencing early in the life-course, contaminated foods and smokeless tobacco. (who.int)
  • The latter is of high interest for lung cancer as smoking rates are lower in women and for al gynaecological cancers. (who.int)
  • People exposed to radiation may be divided into "low-risk" and "high-risk" susceptibility groups, based on degree of neutropenia and the presence of comorbidities. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Direct damage to cancer cell DNA occurs through high-LET (linear energy transfer) charged particles such as proton, boron, carbon or neon ions which have an antitumor effect which is independent of tumor oxygen supply because these particles act mostly via direct energy transfer usually causing double-stranded DNA breaks. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • 42 employees were exposed to measurable levels of radiations, including 3 high level exposures. (theseoultimes.com)
  • Scientists do have new studies to show that high doses of vitamin D -- up to 4,000 international units per day -- are not toxic to the body. (rense.com)
  • Heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis are among the conditions in which it is believed to play a vital role. (rense.com)
  • High-dose B vitamin supplementation acid, vitamins B6, B12, D and calcium improves folate and folate levels uncovered making use of deeply and cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease: status and decreases plasma homocysteine sequenced large datasets [url=https://modestedu.com/technology/order-online-pirfenex-no-rx/] medications neuropathy purchase generic pirfenex online[/url]. (ehd.org)
  • Thyroid cancers are found more often in patients with a history of low-dose or high-dose external irradiation to the cervical or thyroid area. (medscape.com)
  • The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recommends considering the combination of palliative care with standard oncology care early in the course of treatment for patients with metastatic cancer and/or a high symptom burden. (medscape.com)
  • For patients with cancer who have high symptom burden and/or unmet physical or psychosocial needs, outpatient cancer care programs should provide and use dedicated resources (palliative care clinicians) to deliver palliative care services to complement existing program tools. (medscape.com)
  • Overtime, exposure to low doses of radiation can damage cells and DNA, causing mutations and leading to an increased risk of cancer, particularly leukemia and thyroid, lung, and breast cancer. (daisyalliance.org)
  • Leukemia and thyroid cancers can appear in as few as 5 years after exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Radiation damages the DNA within the cells and can induce mutations that may contribute to the development of various types of cancer, such as leukemia, thyroid cancer, and breast cancer. (chriswicknews.com)
  • In addition, the risk of leukemia increased by 7 per cent for males exposed as infants, and for infant females there is a six per cent higher risk of contracting breast cancer. (un.org)
  • Radiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control cell growth. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • To spare normal tissues (such as skin or organs which radiation must pass through in order to treat the tumor), shaped radiation beams are aimed from several angles of exposure to intersect at the tumor, providing a much larger absorbed dose there than in the surrounding, healthy tissue. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Besides the tumor itself, the radiation fields may also include the draining lymph nodes if they are clinically or radiologically involved with tumor, or if there is thought to be a risk of subclinical malignant spread. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Tumor cells in a hypoxic environment may be as much as two to three times more resistant to radiation damage than those in a normal oxygen environment. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Surprisingly, patients with micropapillary cancer had higher incidence of SPM than counterparts with a larger tumor in radiation group (O/E of 1.40 versus 1.15). (hindawi.com)
  • Data are available for people with cancer diagnosed from 1973 and later, with the exception of Seattle-Puget Sound, Atlanta Los Angeles, San Jose-Monterey, Rural Georgia, and the Alaska Native Tumor Registry. (hindawi.com)
  • Thyroid cancer is classified on the basis of the type of cells present in the tumor. (medicinenet.com)
  • Transporters on the plasma membrane of tumor cells are promising molecular "Trojan horses" to deliver drugs and imaging agents into cancer cells. (aspetjournals.org)
  • Hence, a major goal in cancer drug development and therapy is to increase tumor-specific drug uptake while reducing uptake into normal tissues to minimize toxicities. (aspetjournals.org)
  • Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is a well-differentiated tumor. (medscape.com)
  • Also, the question arises whether or not strict adherence to radiation safety is necessary if no clinically measurable effects arc occurring in chronic low-dose occupationally exposed individuals. (seintl.com)
  • People who have received large radiation doses have measurable increases in rates of cancer, but smaller dose effects are much harder to measure, since the rates of cancer are close to normal. (informinc.co.uk)
  • Most thyroid nodules are benign hyperplastic lesions, but 5-20% of thyroid nodules are true neoplasms. (medscape.com)
  • One of the major goals in the evaluation of the solitary thyroid nodule is the differentiation of hyperplasia from true neoplasms. (medscape.com)
  • Current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend lobectomy plus isthmusectomy as the initial surgery for patients with follicular neoplasms, with prompt completion of thyroidectomy if invasive FTC is found on the final histologic section. (medscape.com)
  • the induction of benign neoplasms may in some circumstances (see Section 9) contribute to the judgement that the exposure is carcinogenic. (who.int)
  • In the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan, a global map which erroneously showed lethal doses of radiation could be carried in the atmosphere to North America spread via the internet, spread fear throughout North America. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Considering that the international average dose is 2.4 mSv/y, this dose level should not be lethal. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • For example, polonium-210 (Po-210) has a specific activity of 166 terabecquerels per gm (TBq/g), and 1 mcg (about the size of a grain of salt) of Po-210 delivers a whole body dose of 50 Sv (~20 times the median lethal dose). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Cancer cells generally are undifferentiated and stem cell-like, they reproduce more, and have a diminished ability to repair sub-lethal damage compared to most healthy differentiated cells. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Since then, there have been 1800 thyroid cancer cases in children, who were 0 - 14 years old at the time of the tragedy. (theseoultimes.com)
  • Amongst other things, the years from 1800 pubertal chimney sweepers caused scrotal cancer (cf. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR is involved with 500-600 sites per year throughout the country to assess exposures to persons from toxic chemicals and evaluate associated health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • However, these radiation levels are still too low to observe any health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Because we are constantly surrounded by radiation, our bodies have developed sophisticated protection mechanisms against its effects. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC, linked to the World Health Organisation) classifies it as a Class 1 carcinogen, the highest classification indicative of certainty of its carcinogenic effects. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • In 2006, the US National Academy of Sciences released its Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation (VII) report, which focused on the health effects of radiation doses at below 100 millisieverts. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • I am just discovering the experience of the long term effects of the radiation, so please forgive me if my reply doesn't exactly fit your condition. (cancer.org)
  • Your condition is one of the long-term radiation effects. (cancer.org)
  • I have found that most doctors that I have dealt with thus far are unfamiliar with the long term effects of the radiation, and there is a serious lack of research on the topic. (cancer.org)
  • There is broad disagreement over the amounts and effects of radiation exposure due to the triple reactor meltdowns after the 2011 Great East-Japan Earthquake and tsunami. (counterpunch.org)
  • UNSCEAR , the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, published its deeply flawed report April 2. (counterpunch.org)
  • Dozens of independent experts report that radiation attributable health effects are highly likely. (counterpunch.org)
  • UNSCEAR also professionally "rejects the use of a threshold for radiation effects of 100 mSv [millisieverts], used by the International Atomic Energy Agency in the past. (counterpunch.org)
  • Like most health physicists, both groups agree that there is no radiation dose so small that it can't cause negative health effects. (counterpunch.org)
  • These foods and food substances will enhance the immune system and protect against the dangerous side effects of radiation. (radiationdangers.com)
  • The impetus for Dr. Gentner's talk was a recent update of the A-bomb Life Span Study (LSS) released by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Dr. Gentner is especially qualified to assess this recent update: he is an internationally-respected expert on the biological effects of radiation, a member of UNSCEAR (the UN's world-level committee on the subject), and has participated in numerous international projects and working groups. (cns-snc.ca)
  • The ICRP which evlved from the 1928 International Committee on X-Ray and Radium Protection, was set up in the fifties to explore the health effects of radiation and [theoretically] to protect the public from it. (ratical.org)
  • The radiation effects on youngsters in downwind Belarus and Ukraine have been horrific. (transcend.org)
  • The finding comes from a report in which more than 80 leading international scientists analysed the available information on the levels and effects of exposure following the March 2011 events in Japan. (un.org)
  • Radiation exposure can have very long term effects and are often difficult to quantize. (theseoultimes.com)
  • However, since many people receive these low doses it is important that their effects are well understood. (informinc.co.uk)
  • The starting point for an examination of the issue is the fact that low-dose effects, of any kind, are hard to study. (informinc.co.uk)
  • Many environmentalists question this, and argue that the insidious effects of long-term exposure to artificial radiation have been underestimated. (informinc.co.uk)
  • Now she has I believe all the long term effects of radiation poisoning. (undark.org)
  • Unlike the speculation about the effects of various doses of various types of radiation on which the LNT argument is based, the LSS followed 86,000 actual people - the hibakusha - the survi of atomic bombs, who were exposed to various doses of various types of radiation, both at the moment of the detonation and for weeks and months afterward via fallout. (undark.org)
  • It is unlikely to be able to attribute any health effects in the future among the general public and the vast majority of workers," concluded the 60 th session of the Vienna-based United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). (unvienna.org)
  • The second important issue is related to the short and long term effects of exposure to radiation on children. (unvienna.org)
  • More than 80 leading international scientists have worked on analysing the information available on the levels and effects of exposure following the events of 11 March 2011 in Japan. (unvienna.org)
  • Special health examinations will be given to workers with exposures above 100 mSv including annual monitoring of the thyroid, stomach, large intestine and lung for cancer as a means to monitor for potential late radiation-related health effects at the individual level. (unvienna.org)
  • Virtually all of the non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation can be accounted for by the leakage of cell membranes. (stopumts.nl)
  • Mr. Gundersen also makes the following bold prediction that puts him way outside of the realm of the accepted science of radiation health effects. (atomicinsights.com)
  • The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present. (cdc.gov)
  • This public health statement tells you about ionizing radiation and the effects of exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Even in the event that you are exposed, it does not necessarily mean you will be harmed or suffer longterm health effects from exposure to ionizing radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • This aspect leads to a system of measurements and physical units that apply to all types of radiation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because such radiation expands as it passes through space, and as its energy is conserved (in vacuum), the intensity of all types of radiation from a point source follows an inverse-square law in relation to the distance from its source. (wikipedia.org)
  • Finally, we will describe the more important types of radiation to which you may be exposed. (cdc.gov)
  • mortality - The death rate from a particular disease or proportion of deaths to the population of a given locality. (seintl.com)
  • This retrospective or prospective study would be one step in validating whether or not chronic low-dose radiation exposure is the etiological agent for an increase in morbidity and mortality at a younger age. (seintl.com)
  • The updated LSS upholds the previous finding of a linear relationship between dose and cancer mortality, with no statistically-significant evidence of nonlinearity in the range 0-3 Sv (0-300 rem). (cns-snc.ca)
  • The Asbest Chrysotile Cohort Study was started in 2012 to investigate cancer mortality in workers exposed to chrysotile asbestos in the world's largest active asbestos mine in Asbest, Sverdlovsk region, the Russian Federation. (who.int)
  • The cohort is now the worldwide largest cohort study of miners and mil ers, and the first that al ows investigating cancer mortality in women. (who.int)
  • This causes higher breast-cancer mortality, less potential for cure, as well as higher treatment cost. (gov.sa)
  • The expected mortality rate was 70.9 deaths/100,000PY. (cdc.gov)
  • the lifetime cancer mortality rate in the entire group went up slightly less than 1% compared to 23,000 unexposed Japanese followed as a control group. (undark.org)
  • A daily dose of vitamin D could cut the risk of cancers of the breast, colon and ovary by up to a half, a 40-year review of research has found. (rense.com)
  • Early on, the people who worked in the reactor and so on, there were about 30 deaths acutely from the accident and about another 20 have died over the next two years,' World Health Organization expert Dr. Fred Mettler, one of the authors of the report, said. (rferl.org)
  • Chornobyl's Reactor 4 exploded on 26 April 1986, sending a cloud of radiation over Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and much of Europe. (rferl.org)
  • The data of annual releases from each commercial reactor in the world are reported by the United Nations' Scientific Committee on Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) periodically. (countercurrents.org)
  • An earlier study by Dr Pugazhendi and Padmanabhan also showed significant increase of thyroid anomalies among the women in reproductive age in villages within 50 km of the reactor site. (countercurrents.org)
  • He has studied the impacts of reactor-created radiation on human health since the 1980s, beginning his work with the legendary radiologist Dr. Ernest Sternglass and statistician Jay Gould. (transcend.org)
  • In large-scale experiments as late as 1985, the Energy Department deliberately produced reactor meltdowns that spewed radiation across Idaho and beyond. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • Just four days earlier, in the early morning hours of March 28, a relatively minor problem in the plant's Unit 2 reactor sparked a series of mishaps that led to the meltdown of almost half the uranium fuel and uncontrolled releases of radiation into the air and surrounding Susquehanna River. (tmia.com)
  • Recently, the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) released results on the toxicology and carcinogenicity of radiofrequency (RF) radiation in rats and mice, as further discussed below. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • Unfortunately, WHO itself has constantly refused to acknowledge the carcinogenicity of RF radiation. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • The objective of the programme is to prepare, with the help of international working groups of experts, and to publish in the form of monographs, critical reviews and evaluations of evidence on the carcinogenicity of a wide range of human exposures. (who.int)
  • The IARC Monographs are recognized as an authoritative source of information on the carcinogenicity of a wide range of human exposures. (who.int)
  • Topics are selected on the basis of two main criteria: (a) there is evidence of human exposure, and (b) there is some evidence or suspicion of carcinogenicity. (who.int)
  • The Monographs programme has since been expanded to include consideration of exposures to complex mixtures of chemicals (which occur, for example, in some occupations and as a result of human habits) and of exposures to other agents, such as radiation and viruses. (who.int)
  • Bedrock geology can also play a major role in background radiation levels. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Many areas of the world, such as Kerala (India), Yangjiang (China), and Guarapari (Brazil), have background radiation levels 10-20 times higher than the global average. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Moscow fs branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations has denied earlier reports of background radiation levels spiking in the city's south-eastern territorial division, calling them "not true" and assuring on 10 February that radiation had not exceeded the normal threshold. (sblo.jp)
  • The relationship between radiation exposure and cancer has been researched extensively for more than 100 years and it has been proven that radiation is only a weak carcinogen - in other words, it takes a very large amount of radiation to increase the risk of cancer only slightly. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Ionising radiation is a known carcinogen. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Primarily based on these findings, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) classified in May, 2011 RF radiation at the frequency range of 30 kHz‑300 GHz as a 'possible' human carcinogen, Group 2B. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • We conclude that there is clear evidence that RF radiation is a human carcinogen, causing glioma and vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • There is some evidence of an increased risk of developing thyroid cancer, and clear evidence that RF radiation is a multi‑site carcinogen. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • In May, 2011 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that radiofrequency (RF) radiation in the frequency range 30 kHz-300 GHz is a 'possible' human carcinogen Group 2B ( 7 , 8 ). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • This extra statistical power, along with the fact that about 25% of the excess solid cancers occurred in the last five years of the follow-up, makes the latest assessment particularly significant. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Solitary thyroid nodule may represent a multitude of thyroid disorders, and a thorough knowledge of the epidemiology of thyroid disease is of paramount importance. (medscape.com)
  • Additionally, advances in molecular epidemiology and the Human Genome Project will help in the identification of cancer genes. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Current epidemiologic studies of the exposed populations are based on dose estimates obtained using a Monte-Carlo dosimetry system (TRDS-2016MC) that provides multiple realizations of the annual doses for each cohort member. (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition, the correlation of individual annual doses over realizations provides important information on shared uncertainties that can be used to assess the impact of shared dose uncertainties on risk estimate uncertainty.This paper considers dose uncertainties in the TRDS-2016MC. (bvsalud.org)
  • excess cancers - A statistically significant higher number of cancer cases in comparison to the number of expected cancer cases in the general population. (seintl.com)
  • But every one of these excess cancers is a tragedy for each victim and their family, and is no less so simply because cancer is a common disease. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Because living cells and, more importantly, the DNA in those cells can be damaged by this ionization, exposure to ionizing radiation increases the risk of cancer. (wikipedia.org)
  • The prevalence rate of thyroid nodules in radiation-exposed patients increases significantly, ie, 16-31% relative to the general population. (medscape.com)
  • The mantra coming from public health agencies is that any radiation increases your risk for cancer. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Early detection of breast cancer, through radiography and mammography, significantly increases the chances of cure and survival. (gov.sa)
  • A positive family history increases the risk of breast cancer in first-line relatives (mother, sister, or daughter). (gov.sa)
  • The probability of genetic inheritance increases if there are multiple affected relatives and the cancer occurs at a younger age. (gov.sa)
  • Significant increases in distant prostate cancer incidence also occurred in men aged older than or equal to 50 years except men aged 65-74 and older than or equal to 85 years, in men with white race (APC = 3.9), and non-Hispanic ethnicity (APC = 3.5). (cdc.gov)
  • These include damage to glands resulting in obesity and related disorders, chronic fatigue, autism, increases in allergies and multiple chemical sensitivities, early dementia, DNA damage, loss of fertility and cancer. (stopumts.nl)
  • Provides a frame of reference for relative hazards of radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • The Radiation Hazard Scale is intended to communicate relative hazards to populations under emergency conditions when exact radiation exposure parameters for specific individuals are not available. (cdc.gov)
  • 270,000 people and 14,000 square miles were exposed to radiation hazards. (theseoultimes.com)
  • More than 120 childhood cancers have been indicated where just three would be expected, says Joseph Mangano, executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project . (transcend.org)
  • The report also concluded that, apart from a 30-kilometer area surrounding the Chornobyl site, radiation levels in the area have returned to acceptable levels. (rferl.org)
  • In the Baltimore study on Aging, men with the lowest blood selenium levels were 4 to 5 times more likely to have prostate cancer compared to those with the highest selenium levels. (radiationdangers.com)
  • The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements recommends a radiation dose limit of 0.5 mSv (millisievert) per month during pregnancy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides information on current weather conditions and whether aircrew flying at higher altitudes could be exposed to higher radiation levels due to solar radiation activity. (cdc.gov)
  • Notably, 37% of workers were women, showing comparable levels of exposures to men. (who.int)
  • The spike in radiation levels was earlier reported by a local lawmaker citing data from a measurement device installed near one of the landfills. (sblo.jp)
  • We found that women who had the lowest blood levels (of vitamin D) have double the risk of cancer over those who had the highest,' Willett says. (rense.com)
  • The evidence for the protective effect of the 'sunshine vitamin' is so overwhelming that urgent action must be taken by public health authorities to boost blood levels, say cancer specialists. (rense.com)
  • Elevated levels of calcitonin in the blood may indicate medullary thyroid cancer at an early stage. (medicinenet.com)
  • After thyroidectomy surgery, thyroid hormone medication needs to be taken for a lifetime to replace thyroid hormone levels. (medicinenet.com)
  • In a direction that is warranted because in causes of cancer and death from cancer selecting projects, an effort is made these settings, levels of environmental in human populations. (who.int)
  • Capacity- remit, ENV focuses its endeavours Agency makes a specific and substantial building, as well as establishing research on three main areas: (i) research in difference, by facilitating international platforms, is another vision of IARC settings where levels of exposure to col aboration, by overcoming political to which ENV contributes. (who.int)
  • Although some scientists dispute the precise number of deaths due to radon, all the major health organizations (like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Lung Association and the American Medical Association) agree with estimates that radon causes thousands of preventable lung cancer deaths every year. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • For example, Temel et al reported that in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, early palliative care led to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood. (medscape.com)
  • However, the rapid increase in thyroid cancers detected suggests that some of it at least is an artifact of the screening process. (mongabay.com)
  • For example, the available scientific evidence suggests that radiation exposure is not responsible for leukaemia clusters (GJ Draper et al, British Medical Journal, 8 November 1997). (informinc.co.uk)
  • In the United States, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. (cdc.gov)
  • the whole-body (or effective) doses mainly from caesium-134 and caesium-137 ranged up to ten or so millisieverts (mSv) and will be received over the lifetime of those exposed. (unvienna.org)
  • Prognosis is initially estimated by the time between exposure and symptom onset, the severity of those symptoms, and by the lymphocyte count during the initial 24 to 72 hours. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This is especially important given the excellent prognosis of the initial thyroid cancer itself. (hindawi.com)
  • The treatment and prognosis depend on the type of thyroid cancer . (medicinenet.com)
  • A retrospective study by Keh et al of 61 patients found 75.4% of solitary thyroid nodules to have a neoplastic pathology and 34.4% to be malignant. (medscape.com)
  • Evaluation of solitary thyroid nodules requires the collaboration of the primary care physician, endocrinologist, pathologist, radiologist, and head and neck surgeon to provide comprehensive and appropriate management of this clinical entity. (medscape.com)
  • Of these methods, fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has become the most important tool in the assessment of solitary thyroid nodules. (medscape.com)
  • The prevalence of thyroid nodules within a given population depends on a variety of factors that include age, sex, diet, iodine deficiency, and therapeutic and environmental radiation exposure. (medscape.com)
  • Thyroid nodules are found in approximately 1.5% of children and adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • Thyroid nodules are more common in women than in men. (medscape.com)
  • Thyroid nodules are found in 5% of persons aged an average of 60 years. (medscape.com)
  • Presentation on public health and radiation safety standards by Dr. Herman Cember. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR signed the letter on health statistics reviews (HSRs) that will be sent to Dr. Toni Bounds, Director of the Tennessee Department of Health Cancer Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • Alongside deaths and diseases attributed to radiation, the report says that 'the mental-health effect' of the accident on the local population is 'the largest health problem' created by the explosion in the Ukrainian power plant. (rferl.org)
  • The main negative health effect that people often associate with radiation exposure is cancer. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The health impacts of radiation is well understood and studied. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The report, "Chernobyl's Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts," says 4,000 deaths will probably be attributable to the accident ultimately - far less than the tens of thousands predicted at the time of the accident. (mongabay.com)
  • While the EPA continues to warn the public of the potential dangers posed by radon gas, in fact, low-dose radiation appears to be beneficial to human health , stimulating the immune system. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • Radiation, often seen as an invisible threat, poses numerous dangers to human health and the environment. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Radiation exposure presents a significant threat to human health and the environment. (chriswicknews.com)
  • Dr. Gentner cautioned against believing the many statements seen lately claiming "proof" of a zero health effect at low doses. (cns-snc.ca)
  • AGRICOH aims to promote and sustain col aboration and pooling of data to study a wide range of agricultural exposures and health outcomes including cancer. (who.int)
  • IARC at the World Health Organization (WHO) is independently financed and has its own governing and scientific councils, which WHO staff only attend as observers ( http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/research/iarc/en/ ). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • These `liquidators' are now discarded and forgotten, many vainly trying to establish that the ill health most have suffered ever since 1986 is a result of their massive exposure to radiation. (ratical.org)
  • All other deaths related to the disaster and its aftermath [and there have been many more than 10,000 in Ukraine alone according to the Minister of Health there] are ignored. (ratical.org)
  • Management focuses on associated traumatic injuries, decontamination, supportive measures, and minimizing exposure of health care workers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A year out, public health experts agree that the radiation fears were overblown. (atomicinsights.com)
  • In terms of the health impact, the radiation is negligible," he says. (atomicinsights.com)
  • in this corridor, ESCC biobanking for future molecular studies of oral health and hygiene, including the is among the most common cancer types has been a priority throughout. (who.int)
  • [ 1 ] There is growing recognition of palliative care as an integral aspect of cancer treatment, with the ability to improve quality of life and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and the use of health services, especially when instituted early in the course of disease. (medscape.com)
  • This Public Health Statement is the summary chapter from the Toxicological Profile for ionizing radiation . (cdc.gov)
  • The probability of ionizing radiation causing cancer is dependent upon the absorbed dose of the radiation and is a function of the damaging tendency of the type of radiation (equivalent dose) and the sensitivity of the irradiated organism or tissue (effective dose). (wikipedia.org)
  • Ionizing radiation injures tissues variably, depending on factors such as radiation dose, rate of exposure, type of radiation, and part of the body exposed. (msdmanuals.com)
  • These factors include the dose (how much), the duration (how long), and the type of radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • The Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy (JCIT), a group of over 400 medical professionals offering radio-protective medical consultation to Japanese citizens, maintains that antioxidant supplements - including vitamin C - can counteract the negative consequences of long-term low-dose radiation exposure. (humansbefree.com)
  • This will ultimately prevent your thyroid from long-term damage. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • [ 4 ] They are typically homogeneous, solitary, and encapsulated tumors that are histologically distinct from adjacent thyroid tissue. (medscape.com)
  • Gamma radiation and x-rays are electromagnetic radiation (ie, photons) of very short wavelength that can penetrate deeply into tissue (many centimeters). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Ionizing radiation works by damaging the DNA of exposed tissue, furthermore, it is believed that cancerous cells may be more susceptible to death by this process as many have turned off their DNA repair machinery during the process of becoming cancerous. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Brachytherapy, in which a radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment, is another form of radiation therapy that minimizes exposure to healthy tissue during procedures to treat cancers of the breast, prostate and other organs. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Though extremely rare, some types of cancer can arise in the thyroid, such as thyroid lymphoma (arises from the immune cells of the thyroid) or thyroid sarcoma (arises from the connective tissue cells in the thyroid). (medicinenet.com)
  • It destroys the remaining thyroid tissue and microscopic thyroid cancer. (medicinenet.com)
  • Despite its selective uptake by neuroendocrine tumors, mIBG accumulates in several normal tissues and leads to tissue-specific radiation toxicities. (aspetjournals.org)
  • Mettler told RFE/RL that the final death toll from the accident could reach up to 4,000 people. (rferl.org)
  • There are about 4,000 children who got thyroid cancer and to date between about nine to 15 of those have died. (rferl.org)
  • Then there's the issue of cancers and how many have died is mostly a projection based on dose and risk and the number for the people living in the highly contaminated areas and the people who were highly exposed is projected to be about 4,000 cases. (rferl.org)
  • We examined the association of smoking with pancreatic cancer by race/ethnicity to generate age-specific incidence estimates by smoking history. (bvsalud.org)
  • These dose realizations provide a central estimate of the individual dose and information on the uncertainty of these dose estimates. (bvsalud.org)
  • He estimates the integral external exposure dose of those pigs was 2.2 mSv in Minamisoma. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • On average, we all receive between 2 and 3 millisieverts (mSv) of radiation every year, but this varies considerably around the world due to factors such as altitude and the composition of the ground. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Increased risk of second primary malignancy (SPM) in PTC has been reported in several cancer registry and epidemiologic studies [ 3 - 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Cancer of the thyroid is the most common endocrine malignancy. (medscape.com)
  • The number of cases will continue to increase, according to the US National Cancer Institute, for a further 10 to 20 years. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • This only seems counterintuitive because of media hysteria for the past 20 years trying to convince Americans that radiation at any dose is bad. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • METHODS: We modeled pancreatic cancer incidence by race/ethnicity, age, pack-years, and years-quit using an excess relative risk model for 182,011 Multiethnic Cohort participants. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: We identified 1,831 incident pancreatic cancer cases over an average 19.3 years of follow-up. (bvsalud.org)
  • Associations of pack-years (p interaction by race/ethnicity = 0.41) and years-quit (p interaction = 0.83) with pancreatic cancer did not differ by race/ethnicity. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSION: Smoking pack-years were positively associated with elevated pancreatic cancer risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although we did not identify significant heterogeneity in the association of pack-years or years quit with pancreatic cancer risk, current smoker risk varied greatly by race/ethnicity in later life due to large differences in baseline risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • Exposure is estimated from regular dust measurements at the work places that were carried out for the last approximately 80 years. (who.int)
  • But after 35 years, no one knows how much radiation escaped or where it went. (transcend.org)
  • Breast cancer in KSA is more common among women aged 40 years old or more. (gov.sa)
  • This risk, however, drops following the cessation of contraceptive use so that at ten years post-use, there is no significant increase in the risk of developing breast cancer. (gov.sa)
  • This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top-secret studies, the "Human Radiation Experiments," done over a period of 30 years, in which the US conducted radiation experiments on as many as 20,000 vulnerable US citizens. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • One such experiment doused Utah with 60 times more radiation than escaped the Three Mile Island accident, according to Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, who released a report on the program 20 years ago. (thecanadiancharger.com)
  • She had radiation therapy 20 years ago she's now 87 yrs old. (undark.org)
  • The researchers then followed the women for years to see which ones developed colon cancer. (rense.com)
  • Anaplastic thyroid cancer typically occurs in adults who are 60 years of age and older. (medicinenet.com)
  • My estimate is that over the next 30 years we're going to see about a million cancers as a result of this. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Thus "ionizing radiation" is somewhat artificially separated from particle radiation and electromagnetic radiation, simply due to its great potential for biological damage. (wikipedia.org)
  • Coulter refers to a report in The New York Times which shows that tuberculosis patients subjected to multiple chest X-rays had much lower rates of breast cancer than the general population. (knowledgeofhealth.com)
  • This is a very early stage breast cancer that is considered to be a secondary cancer from the radiation for the Hodgkin's. (cancer.org)
  • I had rads in 1989 for Hodgkins and later was dx'd w/invasive ductal carcinoma, breast cancer. (cancer.org)
  • CDC provides more information on cancer in aircrew , including steps that might reduce skin and breast cancer risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Within the working group of cancer outcome, there are currently four further projects underway, namely an ecological study of cancer incidence rates and studies of pesticides in relation to myeloid malignancies, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. (who.int)
  • What is Breast Cancer? (gov.sa)
  • Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, commonly known to start as a local lesion in the breast, and then spread gradually, developing into an invasive cancer that attacks the lymph nodes in the armpits, and other organs. (gov.sa)
  • Breast cancer is the most common of all cancers internationally, regionally and nationally. (gov.sa)
  • Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the Kingdom. (gov.sa)
  • Over 50% of breast cancer cases in the Kingdom are detected at a late stage, compared to 20% in advanced countries. (gov.sa)
  • Why Early Detection of Breast Cancer by Mammography Is Important? (gov.sa)
  • Early detection is among the most important breast-cancer prevention strategies. (gov.sa)
  • Mammography is aimed to detect breast cancer at an early stage, which makes it easier to treat the disease at hospitals. (gov.sa)
  • In most cases, breast cancer does not develop any symptoms at early stages. (gov.sa)
  • Breast cancer causes changes in the shape or feeling of the breast. (gov.sa)
  • They may also be caused by triggers other than breast cancer. (gov.sa)
  • The etiology of breast cancer is not fully understood. (gov.sa)
  • Other risk factors such as proliferative breast disorders are also associated with breast cancer development, especially if the biopsy shows a typical hyperplasia. (gov.sa)
  • However, in 70% of breast cancer patients no risk factors can be identified. (gov.sa)
  • It has been established that if the original cancer occurred during the premenopausal period, the risk of breast cancer in immediate relatives is approximately three times higher than in those who have no family history of breast cancer. (gov.sa)
  • In those with a family history of breast cancer, 5%-10% of cases are attributed to inheritance of autosomal genes. (gov.sa)
  • Hormone regulation is important in the development of breast cancer. (gov.sa)
  • In contrast, late menopause is associated with an increase in the incidence of breast cancer. (gov.sa)
  • Functioning ovarian tumors that elaborate estrogen are also associated with an increase in breast cancer in postmenopausal women. (gov.sa)
  • Among the factors that can also influence hormonal balance, resulting in the development of breast cancer, are the use of oral contraceptives and hormone therapy during menopause. (gov.sa)
  • A small increase in the risk of breast cancer has been noted in users of oral contraceptives. (gov.sa)
  • Use of oral contraceptives at an older age has also been linked to an increase in the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed. (gov.sa)
  • Current and recent users of hormone replacement therapy are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who have never used hormone therapy. (gov.sa)
  • She a breast cancer survivor. (undark.org)
  • And recently, scientists have found that a genetic variation in the vitamin D receptor, which transmits signals from vitamin D to cells, is associated with risk of breast cancer. (rense.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed the Radiation Hazard Scale as a tool for communication in emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Radiation is often misunderstood, but helps to save lives and cure disease. (world-nuclear.org)
  • bias - Any systematic error in an epidemiologic study that results in an Incorrect estimate of the association between exposure end risk of disease. (seintl.com)
  • prospective study - A type of observational epidemiologic study where exposure has occurred in the past and the subject is observed to see if disease develops from the past exposure compared to non-exposed individuals. (seintl.com)
  • As an epilogue, Dr. Gentner put the whole matter into perspective by comparing radiation risk with the risk of heart disease, and an apparent large dependence of the latter on socioeconomic position. (cns-snc.ca)
  • Radiation therapy has several applications in non-malignant conditions, such as the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, severe thyroid eye disease, pterygium, pigmented villonodular synovitis, and prevention of keloid scar growth, vascular restenosis , and heterotopic ossification. (medicalmarijuana.com)
  • Excessive death, mutation and disease rates among local animals were confirmed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and local journalists. (transcend.org)
  • It is also from the LSS that we know that below 100 Msv, no increase in any disease associated with radiation exposure can be detected against normal rates. (undark.org)
  • The production of cortisol weakens the immune system and could make people living near base stations more susceptible to disease and cancer. (stopumts.nl)
  • Patients whose thyroid cancer has developed following radiation to the head and neck area may present with more extensive disease. (medscape.com)
  • Some 5-10% of patients with thyroid cancer will die of their disease. (medscape.com)
  • The NCCN recommends total thyroidectomy as the initial procedure only if invasive cancer or metastatic disease is apparent at the time of surgery, or if the patient wishes to avoid a second, completion thyroidectomy should the pathologic review reveal cancer. (medscape.com)
  • FTC resembles the normal microscopic pattern of the thyroid, and a clear distinction between benign and malignant disease based solely on cytological examination of a needle biopsy specimen may be difficult. (medscape.com)
  • Similarly, radiation therapy is indicated for unresectable disease extending into adjacent structures. (medscape.com)
  • The incidence of oesophageal cancer, evaluating the role of broader social as particularly of the histological type well as biological factors throughout the With a strong focus on environmental oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma course of the disease. (who.int)
  • Inpatients and outpatients with advanced cancer should receive dedicated palliative care services early in the disease course, concurrent with active treatment. (medscape.com)
  • He stated that he cannot assert all these symptoms are from radiation exposure due to the lack of the group to compare. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Further exposure could then tip them over the edge into full symptoms of electromagnetic intolerance. (stopumts.nl)
  • PURPOSE: Current literature shows different findings on the contemporary trends of distant-stage prostate cancer incidence, in part, due to low study population coverage and wide age groupings. (cdc.gov)
  • This study aimed to examine the stage-specific incidence rates and trends of prostate cancer by age (5-year grouping), race, and ethnicity using nationwide cancer registry data. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS: Data on prostate cancer cases came from the 2004-2014 United States Cancer Statistics data set. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: We identified 2,137,054 incident prostate cancers diagnosed during 2004-2014, with an age-adjusted incidence rate of 453.8 per 100,000. (cdc.gov)
  • Distant-stage prostate cancer incidence significantly decreased during 2004-2010 (APC = -1.2) and increased during 2010-2014 (APC = 3.3). (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Using data representing over 99% of U.S. population, we found that incidence rates of distant-stage prostate cancer significantly increased during 2010-2014 among men in certain ages, in white, and with non-Hispanic ethnicity. (cdc.gov)
  • Radiation occurs naturally and comes from sources all around us, including our own bodies. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Most of the foods and vitamins/minerals are "protective" meaning that they should be implented before a radiation event occurs. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Anaplastic thyroid cancer is a rare type of thyroid cancer that usually occurs in older patients over the age of 60. (medicinenet.com)
  • This phenomenon occurs with both ionising and non-ionising radiation and is called radiation hormesis. (stopumts.nl)
  • Medical history and physical examination of the patient adds significantly to the determination of the nature of the thyroid nodule. (medscape.com)
  • An explanation may be that doses from spikes in NPP radionuclide emissions are significantly larger than those estimated by official models which are diluted through the use of annual averages. (countercurrents.org)
  • However it can be significantly insightful data for human exposure too. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • The actions taken to protect the public, such as evacuations and sheltering, significantly reduced the radiation exposures that would have otherwise been received, concluded the Committee. (un.org)
  • The actions taken to protect the public (evacuation and sheltering) significantly reduced the radiation exposures that would have otherwise been received, concluded the Committee "These measures reduced the potential exposure by up to a factor of 10. (unvienna.org)