HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield.

  • Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive.
Date:
1993
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Credit: HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Exposed - low half* 37 1 0.82 1.22 0.24 0.01 - 4.29 Exposed - top half* 37 6 0.79 7.63 1.83 Os HSNe Ane: Grouped analysis * Median weighted days exposed 450.5 days Exposed - low half, weighted days less than 450.5 days Exposed - top half, weighted days greater than 450.5 days. large number of variables examined, none of these associations were judged strong enough to merit detailed consideration. 106 Age 107 A number of contamination incident variables are associated with leukaemia and NHL, and with other cancers, but there is no association with the variables of most interest in this context, ie that relating to whether the contamination had been cleared at the time of discharge from the Medical Centre (see Tables A-59 to A-61 in Appendix 3). None of the other variables studied show a significant association with any cancer grouping. distribution of cases Examination of the LNHL cases shows that all were diagnosed either before reaching 7‘, years old or after reaching the age of 17',,, five of the cases being in the older group. The small number of cases limits the scope for separate analyses of the older group. Comparison of analyses using all cases with those for the young cases only, showed that the older case group contributed to the Seascale and tritium associations (mainly through a single case) but not to the external radiation and Calder associations.