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Stewart, Alice

Stewart, Alice

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Alice Stewart (1906-2002), a British physician who first demonstrated the link between exposure to low-intensity radiation and cancer. She headed the Oxford Childhood Cancer Survey, which showed that children who died of leukemia or other cancers had been X-rayed in utero twice as often as healthy children (1958). This controversial finding eventually led to the cessation of X-rays for pregnant women and heightened interest in the health risks of low-level radiation. Stewart also led a study on the health of nuclear workers at a plutonium-manufacturing complex in Hanford, Washington, site of the Manhattan Project. The analysis revealed over 10 times the incidence of cancer predicted from atomic bomb-survivor studies.

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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Stewart, Alice". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date March 7, 2011; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Stewart,_Alice>

The Author

Cutler J. Cleveland Cutler J. Cleveland  is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)

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