German health experts left baffled by village where almost every household has resident suffering cancer

By Allan Hall

Last updated at 12:09 AM on 13th February 2012

Health experts in Germany are baffled by a small village where cancer has hit almost every household.

Wewelsfleth, which has a population of 1,500, has been labelled the ‘village of the damned’ as new cancer cases are 50 per cent above average.

Researchers from the University of Lubeck who investigated the phenomenon, which includes breast, lung, oesophageal, womb and stomach cancers, could find no defining cause – although residents are blaming three nearby nuclear power plants and a shipyard where vessels used to be sprayed with highly toxic paint.

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