What Port Hope health studies were reviewed in the synthesis report?
A5. • Thirteen epidemiological studies that were conducted over the last 30 years, and that focused on the overall health status of the residents and radium and uranium workers of Port Hope and that assessed the relationship between radiation exposure and health effects. • Nine descriptive ecological studies that covered the time period between 1954 and 2006: These compared the overall health status of the general population with that of other similar communities, Ontario or Canada and looked at all causes of death, newly diagnosed cancers (incidence) and birth defects; • Ecological studies covered time periods both before and after remediation and implementation of mitigation measures at the Port Hope Conversion Facility: (PHCF): • Five studies that examined 30 years of cancer incidence • Five studies that examined 50 years of mortality • Six studies that looked at birth defects, childhood cancer or infant mortality • Two case-control studies that were conducted in Port Hope: The firs
