Port Hope Area Initiative
Answer #8
Does
living in the Port Hope area with low-level radioactive waste pose a health
risk?
Several
studies, the most recent published by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
in 2002, have found no overall evidence of an increased cancer risk in Port
Hope compared to other Ontario communities. Everyone is exposed to natural
radiation from the air, ground and food we eat. Port Hope has a lower
background radiation level than places like Banff, Alberta, or Denver,
Colorado, where higher altitude results in increased cosmic radiation. The
radiation exposure of a person engaged in normal, daily living activities in
Port Hope is not measurably different than the exposure of a person living
in most Southern Ontario communities.
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