In a recent cancer scare at Australia’s national broadcaster, 13 women developed breast cancer while working in the ABC’s (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Brisbane studios. <\/p>\n
In 612 studios are moving<\/i> (link no longer available), Professor Bruce Armstrong from the Sydney Cancer Centre at the University of Sydney says:<\/p>\n \"What we’ve observed is about a 6.25-fold increase in breast cancer in women who are employed here at the ABC in Brisbane, compared with the general Queensland population of women,\" he explained.<\/p>\n \"The probability the that increase is due simply to chance is about one in a million so we are looking at something that is almost certainly a real increase in risk.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A recent update, \"14th cancer linked to ABC studio\" [no longer available], describes the plight of the latest victim and adds:<\/p>\n However, no cause has been found, despite an extensive investigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n We live in a world where the amount of radiation increases daily. I work almost directly under a wireless access point (for wireless broadband). The manufacturer will always claim that the equipment is safe. However, I imagine this was the same assurance given to the ABC women. There was clearly something amiss in the ABC’s Brisbane studios.<\/p>\n We never know what harm radiation is doing to us - until it is too late.<\/p>\n Risk assessment is a very important field of applied mathematics and statistics. I imagine any woman that worked in that Brisbane studio will find great difficulty in obtaining health insurance.<\/p>\n\n
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