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Confirmation of
suppression of cancer development by low-level radiation
Central Research Institute of
Electric Power Industry
(CRIEPI),
May 20, 2002
The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry has confirmed that
low-level radiation possesses the action of suppressing cancer
development. This finding is based on the results of the research
conducted by Dr. Kazuo Sakai, Senior Research Scientist at Low-Dose
Radiation Research Center (LDRC) of the Institute.
At the Center, research has been conducted with the aim to correctly
evaluate the effect of radiation on living things -- radiation that has been
traditionally regarded to be harmful even at trace amounts. As a part of
this research, the effect of low-level radiation on the process of
carcinogenesis was studied. The results of a two-year plus mouse experiment
showed that skin cancer development induced by a carcinogenic drug was
suppressed by low-level radiation.
The discovery that low-level radiation suppresses the development of skin
cancer is a landmark finding, the first such report in the world.
[CRIEPI-LDRC-Rad-Brochure.pdf(258KB)]
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