Infant Deaths and Childhood
Cancer Drop Dramatically After Nuclear Plants Close
Long-term health benefits provide another reason to end experiment with
nuclear power.
[November 30, 2001, New York, NY] Dramatic declines
in local infant death and childhood cancer rates occurred soon after
the closing
of eight nuclear power plants, according to a new report
announced by New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, Radiation
and Public
Health Project, and the STAR Foundation. The study documents
a 17.4% reduction in infant mortality in the downwind counties within
40 miles two years after reactor closing, compared to a national decline
of just 6.4%