Study describes health effects of occupational exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
A five-year study into the causes of deaths of workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) shows significantly lower death rates from all causes and cancer in general when compared to the overall United States population. This is known by occupational health researchers as the "healthy worker effect". However, death from lymphatic and bone marrow cancers such as leukemia or multiple myeloma were slightly above national rates.