MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — There is no evidence that radiation emissions during the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island affected the health of area residents, an independent study released today concludes.
The study by Columbia University scientists said there was no sign that the radiation caused leukemia or childhood cancer among people living within 10 miles of the plant. Those illnesses are more sensitive to low-level radiation than other diseases and are the first to appear after exposure, the scientists said in a briefing several miles from the nuclear plant near Harrisburg.
