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Stillbirth and cancer incidence rates are significantly higher among Aboriginal people living near the Ranger uranium mine than among Aboriginal people elsewhere in the Top End of the Northern Territory,… Click to show full abstract
Stillbirth and cancer incidence rates are significantly higher among Aboriginal people living near the Ranger uranium mine than among Aboriginal people elsewhere in the Top End of the Northern Territory, with a stillbirth rate over twice as high and cancer incidence almost 50% higher.1 The NT Chief Health Officer commissioned an investigation into the excess stillbirths and cancers in 2014, but a November 2020 report found no explanatory cause.1 The Ranger uranium mine ceased operations as planned in January 2021.2
Journal Title: Medical Journal of Australia
Year Published: 2021
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