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Thread #82320 Message #1508239
Posted By: GUEST
23-Jun-05 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bush Pushes for New Nukes
Subject: RE: BS: Bush Pushes for New Nukes
"The effects from Three Mile Island were rather small. The small increase in cancer rates in the surrounding area actually had a closer correlation to the amount of media attention on the fall-out, than the actual fall-out recived. On that basis, newspapers are more dangerous than reactors."
Well, I think you should go to the home of my mother-in-law and one sister-in-law, who are residents of the Three Mile Island area and have cases of radiation related cancers from the accident (according to the PA epidemiologists who put them in the follow-up studies), that their cancer is no big deal, and caused by the media.
"I have had I have had quite a bit of education in the area. "
Yes, and suggesting that radiation induced cancer is actually caused by undue media attention, and not radiation exposure, really puts forth a strong case to support THAT contention.
It is crystal clear you don't know jack shit about the risks and benefits of nuclear generated power. But hey--you don't need to. It's the internet. You can parade yourself before the forum as The Fool who proclaimed himself Nuclear Expert for a Day. You go, fool.