
From the US-based Air & Space Forces Magazine yesterday:
Air Force Global Strike Command has found increased rates of testicular cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma in the nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile community compared to other service career specialties, service officials said March 27.
The findings, the latest to come from a sweeping epidemiological study conducted by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, were announced during a town hall meeting. They mark a change from nearly a year and a half ago, when officials said preliminary data from the first phase of the study showed no significant difference in cancer rates between Airmen who worked on ICBMs and the rest of the Air Force or the general population.
Full report with links to research papers, at: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-cancer-study-testicular-cancer-hodgkin-lymphoma/
We’ve had numerous comparable reports here, including:
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