Radiation can pose bigger cancer risk for children – UN study

VIENNA (Reuters) – Infants and children can be more at risk than adults of developing some cancers when exposed to radiation, for example from nuclear accidents, a U.N. scientific report said on Friday. Children were found to be more sensitive than adults for the development of 25 percent of tumor types including leukemia, and thyroid, brain and breast cancer, it said. “The risk can be significantly higher, depending on circumstances,” the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) added in a statement. …