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Sunday, September 30, 2007

Research Article suggests link between leukemias (including CCL and AML) and ionizing radiation over decades of exposure

"Ionizing radiation and chronic lymphocytic leukemia" - despite Government Insurance claims/standards, there may be a link between CCL and exposure to radiation.  There is with Acute Myeloid leukemia and other acute forms in the Nuclear defense industry.

From: Environmental Health Perspectives  |  Date: 1/1/2005  |  Author: Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Richardson, David B.; Schmitz-Feuerhake, Inge; Schroeder, Jane; Wing, Steve
http://www.encyclopedia.com/printable.aspx?id=1G1:136511527
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It is well established that ionizing radiation has the ability to produce double-strand breaks in chromosomal DNA (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation 2000). The primary mechanism by which biologic damage occurs is believed to be via the creation of ionized atoms and molecules that become chemically reactive. This can occur directly via ionization of a critical molecule, such as DNA, or indirectly via ionization of nearby molecules, such as water."...

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