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Uranium mining and lung cancer: a legacy of the nuclear age

2025/09/01 by Jonathan M. Samet, David B. Richardson · 1 voice
Health Professions · Medicine · Environmental Science · #Radioactivity and Radon Measurements #Radiation Dose and Imaging #Radioactive contamination and transfer

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/carcin/bgaf057

openalex publication_date 2025/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

The Nuclear Age spurred widespread mining of uranium for production of weapons and for nuclear power. The widespread mining of uranium, with historically limited control of radiation exposures, has resulted in high rates of lung cancer among the former miners. This paper reviews the long and ongoing story of lung cancer among miners of uranium.

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