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Qishon River
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Qishon River

 or Kishon River

River, northern Israel. It rises near Mount Gilboa and flows northwest for about 25 mi (40 km) through the Plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea just north of Haifa. It was the scene of biblical events, including the Israelite victory of Deborah over the Canaanite general Sisera and of Elijah's slaying of the prophets of Baal. In modern times, the river's mouth has been developed as part of Haifa's port complex. It is the main base of Israel's fishing fleet.
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2003) on increased risk for cancer in naval commando divers in the Kishon River in Israel, there are three systematic errors in estimating the degree of exposure to environmental water contaminants (their Table 3).
Cancer risk to naval divers questioned by Herut, Barak / Environmental Health Perspectives
The Investigation Committee for the Effects of Military Activity in the Kishon River and the Region's Waters on the Health of IDF Soldiers Activated There [in Hebrew].
Cancer risk to naval divers: response by Bar-Chana, Micha / Environmental Health Perspectives
In a study of Israel's heavily polluted Kishon River, researchers reported in the April 2003 issue of EHP that wildlife declines that began in the 1950s, following development of many nearby industries, were a key predictor of subsequent high cancer rates in naval divers who used the waterway extensively in ensuing decades.
Conservation medicine: combining the best of all worlds by Weinhold, Bob / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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