This is not news. Chronic exposure to ionizing radiation, especially among nuclear industry professionals, increases the risk of cancer. But this risk estimate may have been underestimated, according to the study, which was published today British Medical Journal and conducted by an international team, including the French from the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). Harmful effects can appear after several decades of exposure, even at low doses.
This work focused on exposure data from 1944 to 2016 for more than 300,000 workers in the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. It found that for every unit of radiation (Gy measured in gray) absorbed by the workers, the risk of dying from cancer increased by 52%. “In principle, no specialist is exposed to radiation doses of 1 Gy, even cumulatively, because the regulatory exposure level is not…
Source: Le Figaro
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