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Word: belhumeur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Poring over union records and death certificates in the Portsmouth case, Dr. Thomas Najarian, a Boston blood specialist, concluded in 1977 that the overall cancer rate among the workers was twice the national average; the leukemia rate was four to six times as high. His report inspired Roland Belhumeur, a retired Portsmouth employee, to start a list of cancer deaths among shipyard workers. His tally so far: 40 men, all aged 45 to 50, a level of cancer mortality that he believes is unusually high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Fallout of Nuclear Fear | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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