#55 Cancer in korean war navy technicians

The cancer epidemiology of radiation

“…They found no indication of a raised risk of brain cancer, or of leukaemia or lymphoma. A recent study by Groves et al (2002) considered cancer mortality among just over 40 000 US Navy veterans of the Korean War (1950)(1951)(1952)(1953)(1954) who had the potential of being exposed to high-intensity radar (which is of an energy that encompasses that of the radiation utilized by mobile telephones), and about 20 000 sailors were judged to have had high potential for exposure based on their jobs. No evidence was found for an increased risk of brain cancer in this cohort.…”