Globe Editorial
FOLLOWING the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986, there were virtually no cases of thyroid cancer in many nearby areas because residents quickly took potassium iodide pills. In areas without the pills, many cases of the cancer, especially among children, were reported as a result of the accident's release of radioactivity. That and the Sept. 11 attacks spurred Massachusetts ... (Full article: 465 words)
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