Letter to Editor: Nuclear leakage and hypertension: Is there any relationship?

Editor, the present global public health concern is on radioactive contamination from nuclear electricity plant leakage in Japan after the Japanese biggest Tsunami. Generally, there are many possible health effects on the affected population to the nuclear leakage and an interesting question is on hypertension. The relationship between hypertension and nuclear detonation is of interest. Focusing on the problem of the hypertension, there are some interesting reports. Based on the data from the well-known nuclear leakage episode in 1986, Chernobyl case in Russia, the increased in rate of hypertension among the affected population is noted. In the acute situation, it is noted that high blood pressure might be partly due to the psychological reactions to the accident (1, 2).