Paternal exposure not to blame.
The "Gardner hypothesis" suggests that an excess of childhood leukaemia near a nuclear reprocessing plant is caused by paternal exposure to ionizing radiation. But the evidence shows that this explanation is wrong.
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund Cancer Units, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000528:radiation effects*
D011850:Radioactive Waste