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Residents Closest to a Former Nuclear Meltdown Site Report Higher Rates of Chronic Illness

Residents closest to Santa Susana reported more autoimmune and metabolic disorders, though researchers did not establish causation.

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The Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Northwestern Los Angeles was a decades-old testing facility home to rocket tests and nuclear reactors. The site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959. All these decades later, a new study suggests that people living near this facility report more chronic health problems, though a definitive link has not been fully established.

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