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[endofthewor1d]

[moosehead]

as to the OP, yes, many of us who have worked with radiation (or do so now) agree there is no safe dose - and make adjustments accordingly

personally i know of one prof who would make every excuse in the book not to let his dentist take regular xrays of his teeth for instance

there are other studies that show chromosomal damage does occur in much lower doses than originally believed when the organism is exposed over extended periods of time.

[OneWayTraffic]

On the other hand, the damage to your teeth by undetected decay is both real and certain.

Thousands of people die every year due to coal/oil emissions. It's just as hard to get certain figures on this than it is in the case of the much fewer people effected by nuclear accidents. Noone cares though, as the deaths are always spread out in time and space.

Chernobel isn't a good example to use against the nuclear industry in a practical sense. It was a bad design, badly run. It's like trying to ban cars because the Ford Pinto would explode.

I agree on 'the no safe dose' however, at least intuitively. I haven't read enough research to be sure, but yes it seems that any one of the many small exposures to radiation or pollution could be the one that kills you. But since the number of people dying from confirmed radiation damage is rather small, I tend to put this risk somewhat below many other risks of life. Like traffic fumes, smoky PC rooms and poor diet.

[contrarian]

Chernobyl has been vastly exagerated by the knee jerk anti-nuclear crowd, like FOCCUS. You will notice I said "proven" deaths. Others are speculative.

How many of the cancers and birth defects would there have been in any event. The real answer is that, no one knows.

In Japan there are still people dieing of cancer - 60 years later - whose deaths are attributed to radiation from the bombs. The supposition that the bombs "caused" the cancers 60 years later is ludicrous. People all over the world get cancer and die, that is part of life.

I have watched documentaries on Chernobyl of the terrible birth defects and cancers. I have also seen some of perfectly normal people who simply stayed, of animals that are perfectly normal and plants showing no effects at all.

Come of the silly scare tactics!

The bull roar of global warming is the same kind of scare them and the money to "change our ways" will flow to the right causes.

[Kuros]

So Counterpunch plucked the nuclear field's last Alarmist for an interview before he died.

Let's build a nuclear power plant next to the dude's grave.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[mindmetoo]

Has BB been back to argue her case? Or will she simply reintroduce this claim 4 months from now?

[Big_Bird]

[Kuros]

[contrarian]

BigBird:

Remember, God made children cute so we wouldn't kill them.

If they have cheap land with a nice Dacha near Chernobyl, let me know. My retirement home on Vancouver Island just developed a leaky roof.

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[Kuros]