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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Revisiting a case study on uranium exposure linked to leukaemia – preliminary results
Authors : Frank Winde, Ewald Erasmus, G. Geipel, AAA Osman
Published in: Uranium - Past and Future Challenges
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Triggered by observations that a disproportionally high number of leukaemia patients came from a particular area around the small town of Pofadder in the arid Northern Cape Province, a subsequently conducted research project established a geo-statistical link between naturally elevated U-levels in groundwater and haematological abnormalities. In this paper results from a follow-up study are presented indicating the water is indeed the most important pathway for U-exposure while consumption of contaminated sheep meat also contributes but to a lesser extent.