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Alleged links between French Pacific tests and cancer

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Alleged links between French Pacific tests and cancer

Updated 24 July 2012, 20:38 AEST

The issue of compensation for people who may have been affected by nuclear testing on the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa in French Polynesia has been highlighted by a recent news report in France.

Alleged links between French Pacific tests and cancer (Credit: ABC) 

Epidemiologist Florent de Vathaire is quoted in the newspaper, Le Parisien saying there is a "likely link" between the radioactivity generated by the nuclear tests and the development of various forms of cancer.

The newspaper says his report establishes a new link between nuclear tests in the Pacific and North Africa and cases of cancer among civilians and former military personnel.

The French conducted 210 nuclear tests in Algeria, a former French colony, and French Polynesia between 1960 and 1996.

Isabelle Genoux asked Roland Oldham from the nuclear tests veteran association in Polynesia, Mururoa e tatou, if the new report will speed up compensation claims.

Presenter: Isabelle Genoux

Speaker: Roland Oldham from the nuclear tests veteran association in Polynesia, Mururoa e tatou

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Isabelle is an experienced bilingual reporter, producer and presenter and has worked for Radio Australia’s French and English language programs for 28 years.

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