Higher cancer risk after Fukushima nuclear disaster: WHO

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Higher cancer risk after Fukushima nuclear disaster: WHO

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-risks-higher-worst-hit-fukushima-area-093400519--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jOX9WifC8HXwOVXNMyLpOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-28T145701Z_1_CBRE91R15J400_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN-NUCLEAR-CANCER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A doctor at a clinic in temporary housing complex Sekine conducts a thyroid examination on a woman in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima prefecture" align="left" title="A doctor at a clinic in temporary housing complex Sekine conducts a thyroid examination on a woman in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima prefecture" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (Reuters) - People in the area worst affected by Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident two years ago have a slightly higher risk of developing certain cancers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, killed nearly 19,000 people and devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, spewing radiation and forcing about 160,000 people to flee their homes. It was the worst nuclear accident since a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine in 1986. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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