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Little Health Risk Seen From Fukushima's Radioactivity
gbrumfiel writes "Two independent reports show that the public and most workers received only low doses of radiation following last year's meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Nature reports that the risks presented by the doses are small, even though some are above guidelines and limits set by the Japanese government. Few people will develop cancer as a result of the accident, and those that do may never be able to conclusively link their illness to the meltdowns. The greatest risk lies with the workers who struggled in the early days to bring the reactors under control. So far no ill-effects have been detected. At Chernobyl, by contrast, the highest exposed workers died quickly from radiation sickness."
What you do is, you compare it to Chernobyl... then it obviously will never be that bad, so everybody on slashdot can poo poo how only a few people will get cancer. And most will never be able to have concrete proof their screwed up health is related to damage from the accident. And no concrete proof means we should all eat radioactive cereal because it's good for you.
Nuclear energy is clean, and too cheap to meter.
In other news, the gulf seafood is fine! Eyeless shrimp are actually easier to peel!
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