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Children who visited beaches near the plant at least once a month showed almost a three-fold increase in the risk of developing the disease, French scientists found. Eating local seafood at least once a week was associated with a similarly increased risk of leukaemia. The children of mothers who regularly visited the beaches were also more likely to have the disease, says a report in the British Medical Journal.
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