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- A Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study, published in Nature Communications, finds higher cancer mortality in U.S. counties near nuclear power plants, with about 115,000 deaths linked from 2000 to 2018.
- The researchers caution that the results do not prove causation and call for further studies on exposure and health effects.
- Policy moves toward nuclear energy expansion in the United States raise questions about health implications.
