Death, Disease Rates Normal for Those Inoculated with SV40-Contaminated Polio Vaccine, Study Says

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icAendic study of more than 1,000 Cleveland-area residents inoculated with simian virus 40-contaminated polio vaccines in the early 1960s has revealed nothing abnormal about the way some of them have died.

photo-4In a recent study published in the British Journal of Cancer, researchers claim they have identified causes of death for just over 40 of the study subjects, and the figures are on par with the expected causes of death and median death rates for subjects of similar age and locale.

"After more than 35 years of …