Occupational exposures to uranium, EM fields not cause of prostate cancer

Worker was only exposed to low levels over career but had several non-occupational factors known to contribute to prostate cancer

An Ontario worker’s terminal prostate cancer was not related to occupational exposure to radiation and electromagnetic fields over a long career but instead was likely cause by multiple non-occupational factors, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal has ruled.

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