Cancer naval divers

Richter ED, Friedman LS, Tamir Y, et al. Cancer risks in naval divers with multiple exposure to carcinogens. Environ Health Perspect 2003 111 (4) 609 17. 

Naval divers in Israel train in the Kishon River. Pollution in the Kishon River ranks among the highest in the world, reaching levels close to those in the Rhine, Alba, and Po rivers. Divers who have trained in these waters form a cancer cluster of multiple cancers that are not only far in excess of cancers in the general population, but also have very short induction periods. I24 The cancers found in the divers include... 

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