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A German village where every house has a cancer patient
Monday February 13, 2012 05:20:39 PM,
IANS
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London: A village in
Germany has left health experts baffled as almost every household
there has a resident suffering from cancer, a media report said
Monday.
The Wewelsfleth village with a population of 1,500 has been dubbed
the "village of the damned", said the Daily Mail.
Village mayor Ingo Karstens, who lost two wives to cancer, said:
"It feels like a curse."
Researchers from the University of Lubeck investigated the
phenomenon and found cases of breast, lung, oesophageal, womb and
stomach cancer.
They could, however, find no cause for the deadly disease.
Residents have blamed three nearby nuclear power plants and a
shipyard where vessels were reportedly sprayed with toxic paint.
Villagers say wind and rain blew in cancer-causing particles from
those place into their homes.
Experts have probed the nuclear plants, the shipyard, asbestos
sheeting used on roofs, electro-smog from power lines and the
lifestyle of the cancer patients.
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