Fukushima quake 'increased cancer risk' for some nearby

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People living near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have an increased risk of developing some cancers, the World Health Organization says.

The increased risk is limited to communities and some emergency workers exposed to radiation from the 2011 disaster, analysis shows.

But for those living in the rest of Japan there is no health risk, it said.

Experts stressed the increased lifetime risk of cancer remained small.

In March 2011, a powerful tsunami generated by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake out at sea slammed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in north-eastern Japan, damaging four of six reactors at the site.

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17219008" >Around 16,000 people were killed</a> by the impact of the earthquake.