Interesting study on the effects of long term radiation exposure

[Nederland]

http://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf

Not sure if the conclusions have been replicated elsewhere.

[caraher]

1. I guess there's some question as to their validity

According to Wikipedia they didn't use a correct baseline population for comparison:

In popular treatments of radiation hormesis, a study of the inhabitants of apartment buildings in Taiwan has received prominent attention. The building materials had been accidentally contaminated with Cobalt-60 but the study found cancer mortality rates 96.4% lower than in the population as a whole. However, this study compared the relatively young irradiated population with the much older general population of Taiwan, which is a major flaw. A subsequent study by Hwang et al. (2006) found a significant exposure-dependent increase in cancer in the irradiated population, particularly leukemia in men and thyroid cancer in women, though this trend is only detected amongst those who were first exposed before the age of 30.

Wikipedia cites a later article for which I've only been able to read the abstract.

[Nederland]

2. Thanks.

Good find.