世衛組織：日本核危機遭受最嚴重輻射的人增加患癌症的可能性

The World Health Organization says those exposed to the worst levels of radiation during the Japanese nuclear disaster have a higher risk for developing certain types of cancer.

In a report Thursday, the U.N. agency said the most affected were those near the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Around 110,000 people in the area were evacuated in March 2011 after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown in the plant's nuclear reactors and sent radiation spewing into the surrounding area.

The WHO report says there is little to no risk of increased cancer rates among those outside the Fukushima area.

But the agency estimates there is up to a 70 percent increased risk of thyroid cancer among females exposed as infants in the most contaminated area. The risk of leukemia increased by 7 percent for males exposed as infants.世界衛生組織表示，在日本核災難中那些受到核輻射最嚴重的人更容易患某種癌症。

世界衛生組織星期四在一份報告中說，受核輻射最嚴重的是福島第一核電廠附近的居民。2011年3月大地震和海嘯導致福島核電廠的核反應堆出現核泄漏，使其周圍地區受到核污染後，大約有11萬人被撤離該地區。

世界衛生組織的報道說，福島以外地區的居民患癌症的可能性並沒有增加。

但是該組織估計，核污染最嚴重地區的女嬰，成人後患甲狀腺癌的可能性增加了百分之七十，受到同樣核輻射的男嬰，患白血病的可能性增加了百分之七。