Researchers found that high doses of radiation can cause Leukemia. However, in a new study, researchers found that long-term low-dose radiation exposure may also increase Leukemia risk. In this study, researchers followed 308,297 nuclear energy workers whose radiation exposures were monitored. At the end of the 27-year follow-up, about 22 percent of the workers died. Among them, 531 died from leukemia and 814 died from lymphoma. In the U.S., the average person’s yearly exposure to ionizing radiation increased from 0.5 mGy in 1982 to 3 mGy in 2006 largely due to medical exposures. The researchers also calculated that a worker’s risk of leukemia rose three-fold with each gray (1,000 mGy) of total radiation exposure increased.
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