Ontario Power Generation
Reports & Publications
The Durham Region Health
Department Study on ‘Radiation and Health’
The Durham Health Department recently completed an extensive study, ‘Radiation and Health in Durham Region 2007,’ which examined rates of various cancers and congenial anomalies and stillbirths in areas surrounding the Pickering and Darlington Nuclear stations. This study concluded that “disease rates in Ajax-Pickering and Clarington did not indicate a pattern to suggest that the Pickering NGS and the Darlington NGS were causing health effects in the population. Given the extremely low levels of radiation exposure from the stations, it would be unlikely that any effects would occur.”
The report noted there are communities, including Toronto, where background radiation levels are actually higher than those found in Pickering and Clarington due to other sources of radiation in those areas.
A copy of this report is available from the Durham Region Health department website: www.region.durham.on.ca.
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