Little Health Risk Seen From Fukushima's Radioactivity

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @07:49AM from the how-do-we-scare-people-with-this-information dept.

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."

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Weesa all NOT gonna die?!? by crazyjj · 2012-05-23 07:53 · Score: 4, Funny

You know, I'm really considering selling this damned Y2K bunker.

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1. Re:Weesa all NOT gonna die?!? by peragrin · 2012-05-23 08:05 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  why sell it? decorate it and market it to your wife as an mother-in law apartment.
  after she moves in, disconnect the ventilation one night
  Sell tickets to the horror room later.
  That is called win win win.
  
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Spock is OK? by MikeMacK · 2012-05-23 07:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Jim, I think you'd better get down here.... Better hurry...
Re:But but but but... by Sarten-X · 2012-05-23 08:00 · Score: 3, Funny

You're obviously not a real anti-nuke activist. If you were, you'd know it's pronounced "nuke-yu-lar", as in "these power plants will nuke you!"

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