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Literally no one died of radiation due to Fukushima.

• Karunamon 11y ago
  As much as the parent comment is content-free, direct deaths aren't the only thing to consider. There's also cancer and other diseases that can be caused because of the increased radiation in the area, including that which got into the food chain.
  • Avshalom 11y ago
    Yeah... the number of those deaths is estimated at somewhere between 0 and 100. Which is to say such a tiny number that it won't be empirically distinguishable from normal fluctuations.
    • Karunamon 11y ago
      I said diseases, not deaths. Cancer isn't always fatal, but they impact the quality of life for the sufferers as well as putting an economic burden on the healthcare system.
      • pdkl95 11y ago
        Ok. That's still only a handful of people in the worst cases. Now what is the cost to the healthcare system of the coal power generation that replaced the nuclear power stations that were shutdown after the tsunami?
      • vlehto 11y ago
        Radiation doesn't increase cancer linearly. Otherwise eating bananas would be very bad idea. If you stay under certain threshold, it's unlikely that small dose can do anything that your immune system could not handle.