Radium in Drinking Water and the Incidence of Osteosarcoma: A Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

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2003
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services conducted an exploratory study comparing rates of a bone cancer, osteosarcoma, in areas of southern and central New Jersey with varying amounts of radium in community drinking water supplies. Radium has been found to be elevated in the shallow Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, a major drinking water supply source in parts of southern New Jersey, and the Englishtown, Old Bridge and Farrington aquifers in central New Jersey. The results of this
more » ... y, viewed in the context of previous studies of radium in drinking water, and biological knowledge of radiation effects, provide further evidence that exposure to radium at levels found in drinking water pose a measurable risk of this bone cancer.
doi:10.7282/t3h70gkk fatcat:6f7wzkterbdmjj5csgv7bvwv4y