Molecular biologist Bertrand Jordan from France showed that the long-term consequences of US nuclear bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are greatly exaggerated. The study is published in the journal GENETICS, briefly about it informs edition EurekAlert!.
cancer incidence rates among survivors was higher than among those not exposed to radiation, but only slightly. This figure, according to a study, increases with age and affected depended on the location of the epicenter at the time of the explosion. Women are more likely than men to suffer from cancer. In 1958-1998 years, incidence in exposed to radiation was higher by 10 percent than the rest (848 additional cases among analyzed in this part of the study affected 44635).
Most of the survivors have received small doses of radiation (less than 1 Gray) . With a high proportion of ionizing radiation associated greater risk (44 percent) of developing cancer and decreased life expectancy by 1.3 years. Genetic diseases in children affected were not found. The life expectancy of survivors of the bombing was a few months less than that is not exposed to radiation.
A scientist has compiled 60 years of work on the impact of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities. The analysis takes into account the biologist about 100 thousands of survivors, their children 77 thousand and 20 thousand people are not subjected to the action of radiation. The scientist came to the following conclusions.
«Most people, including many scientists believe that the survivors are faced with debilitating health effects and very high rates of cancer, as well as the fact that their children high incidence of genetic diseases, – said Jordan. – There is a huge gap between these views and those that actually set by researchers »
02:06 August 6, 2015
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