No Radiation Tie to Disease, Study Finds
From Times Wire Reports
A 10-year study of 3,400 people has found no link between Cold War-era radiation releases from the Hanford nuclear site at Richland, Wash., and the rate of thyroid disease among people living downwind. The announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upset many in the Northwest who for years have blamed Hanford for a variety of diseases, particularly cancer.
