巴斯德研究所是法国最主要的生物医学研究中心。该研究所最近宣布,其工作人员患有些癌症的危险性较大。妇女中大多数是技术人员,而不是高级科学家。这些妇女比其他实验室工作人员更容易患脑瘤和胰腺癌。 1986年巴斯德研究所对职工进行的一次调查表明实验室的癌发生率异常高。在短期内出现过7例癌症。一个由流行病专家与肿瘤专家组成的研究小组开始调查此事。第一个结论是,在巴黎市的该研究所人员因各种原因死亡的可能性小于一般法国人。在1971～1987年,该所3765名工作人员之中有 Pasteur Institute is France’s leading biomedical research center. The Institute recently announced that its staff members are at higher risk of having cancer. Most women are technicians, not senior scientists. These women are more likely to develop brain tumors and pancreatic cancer than other laboratory workers. A 1986 survey of workers by the Pasteur Institute showed that cancer rates in laboratories were unusually high. In the short term there have been 7 cases of cancer. A team of epidemiologists and oncologists began investigating the matter. The first conclusion is that the researchers in Paris are less likely to die for various reasons than the average French. From 1971 to 1987, there were 3765 staff in the institute