Nuclear Waste Exposure in Childhood Associated with Higher Cancer Incidence

Nuclear waste exposure in childhood associated with higher cancer incidence

Living near Coldwater Creek-a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb-in childhood in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s was associated with an elevated risk of cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Harvard study links Coldwater Creek to cancer rates in St. Louis County

ST. LOUIS - A new study from Harvard University has linked living near Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County to increased cancer rates among residents born between the 1940s and 1960s. The research used decades-old data from a baby teeth study to assess cancer diagnoses among participants based on their childhood proximity to the contaminated waterway. The findings showed that those living closest to the creek had a higher risk for most canc…

Harvard researchers say they found direct link between Coldwater Creek and cancer rates

“People really close to the creek, within a kilometer, were about 40% more likely to have cancer of any sort,” Dr. Marc Weisskopf said.

Cancer risk higher for children who lived near Coldwater Creek, new Harvard study says

The study examined cancer diagnoses in individuals who grew up near Coldwater Creek in the 1950s and ’60s and found that radiation-linked cancers were more common the closer they lived to the creek.

Closer proximity to Missouri's Coldwater Creek tied to cancer risk

People who live or have lived near Coldwater Creek, Missouri, have a higher risk of developing cancer.

Children from a town contaminated by radioactive waste have faced a hi

Radioactive waste stored in the open from the effort to develop an atomic bomb in the 1940s contaminated a nearby Missouri creek, and US researchers say the children who grew up nearby have faced a higher risk of cancer throughout their lives. The team recruited 4,209 people from the area who had previously donated their baby teeth for research - now aged between 55 and 77 years old. 24% of the participants reported having had cancer throughout …