Prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation ups cancer risk

Prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation ups cancer risk

@...@Prolonged exposure to even low doses of radiation ©increases the risk of cancer, according to a new study of workers in the nuclear sector in Britain, France and the United States//

@...@The results, published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal, provides **direct evidence about cancer risks after protracted exposures to low~dose ionizing radiation,** said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of© the World Health Organization, which coordinated the study// The findings demonstrate **a significant association ©between increasing radiation dose and risk of all solid cancers,** said the study*s co~author IARC researcher Dr Ausrele Kesminiene//