Posted on 03/17/2011 8:55:57 AM PDT by Valpal1
In fact, fewer than 50 deaths could be directly attributable to radiation from the disaster, almost all of them among rescue workers who had been exposed to massive amounts of radiation on the disaster site at the time of the fire and its immediate aftermath. In addition, nine children in the area died of thyroid cancer that is thought to have been caused by radioactive contamination, but even among the nearby population, there was neither evidence of decreased fertility nor of congenital malformations that could be attributed to radiation exposure.
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there is a good report about chernobyl.
Its called life in the dead zone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud33w26qsWQ
It has become a “paradise” for animals because all humans left.
Put it this way. Honey, leaving for work now, I think before I get to the office I'll stop by and get a chest xray.
Tuesday morning. Honey, off to work, love ya, on the way home I'll stop by the market and get a chest xray.
Wednesday morning...........and on and on and on.
Just because radioactive particulate emits low levels of gamma, beta or alpha rays, humans still should avoid needless exposure other than what is picked up naturally.
I think it's hilarious that the governments are reporting low risk all the while the folks scanning the population look like walking condoms.
A Polish friend of mine in convinced her brother died of cancer as a direct result of Chernobyl. Said he couldn’t be convinced to stay indoors when the plume went over his town.
“in fact”
Or at least from the what the lying Soviets told us
Except 20 years later all those theoretical increased risks have not produced any actual increase in mutations or cancers.
When the predicted increase is a non-occurrence then the theory is wrong. You probably should read the whole article.
“The no-threshold theory, in fact, seems to have an increasingly tenuous scientific rationale, which is why the French Academy of Science and National Academy of Medicine issued a report a few years ago blasting the theory as “not based on biological concepts of our current knowledge.”
“It has become a “paradise” for animals because all humans left.”
It is interesting that the animals don’t seem to mind the contamination.
The Chernobyl meltdown also contaminated vast tracts of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and northern Europe with radioactive cesium. “There are still limitations on the export of sheep from Cumbria, in the U.K., and reindeer from Scandinavia,” Hoffman said. Cesium also contaminated fish from Scandinavia’s northern lakes.
Cesium is absorbed by plants and works its way through the food chain, getting into meat and milk. Unlike radioactive iodine, which has a short half life, cesium lingers in the environment. “Radioactive iodine will be gone in a month,” Hoffman said. “Cesium’s going to be around for decades.”
they ALL contain Plutonium.
Every reactor on the planet contains Plutonium.
Plutonium, 24,000 years.
The Hoffman quoted is a professional expert witness in environment litigation. Why should I believe him?
This is where he works http://www.senes.com/services.html
But, but, but.....
Where were the three headed kittens?
Why did they not film this at night so we could see them glowing in the dark?
By the way, who were the “suicidal” camera men, sound men, producers & directors who films in this nuclear wasteland?
/sarc
Over 100 Tons of Spent Radioactive Fuel Rods Are Uncovered, Unprotected and Melting Right Now. In addition, there over 80 tons tons of spent Plutonium Fuel Rod that are exposed to the air. Plutonium . . . Want to learn more ___ ?
Hindsight is always 20-20...
THX THX
China Urges Japan to Give Prompt, Accurate Information on Nuke Crisis
Or else . . . China says, "Hey, Japan --- Read between the lines . . ."
Lots of stuff contains naturally occurring plutonium. In fact, that’s one of the dangers of smoking. Tobacco, for some reason, contains plutonium, and when it’s burned, and the vapors enter the lungs, that radioactive material clings to cells. Sometimes it forms cancer, sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s always there, in tobacco.
Yep the tobacco but not radiation leaks right? Right?
How about those who never smoked?
Not like a Nuclear reactor exploding and burning .
Or 4.
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