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From TFA: >The IRSN said that the concentrations of ruthenium 106 in the air that have been recorded in Europe were of no consequence for human health and the

From TFA: >The IRSN said that the concentrations of ruthenium 106 in the air that have been recorded in Europe were of no consequence for human health and the environment. I presume that if it had been serious they (a) would have been able to detect it more quickly, since more serious means more of it, and (b) would have immediately announced it more widely rather than doing a full investigation first.

jmnicolas 9y ago
Yeah and they said the same thing for Chernobyl. My mother got cancer.
- perlgeek 9y ago
  We've learned a lot since Chernobyl. We are still far from knowing everything about danger from radioactive fallout, but there has been a lot of research since then.
- Arnt 9y ago
  Chernobyl was bigger. A lot bigger. Locating that source was not a challenge.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  My grandmother got cancer too. Heck, so did my other grandmother. Of course, neither of them were ever anywhere near Chernobyl...
- JeanMarcS 9y ago
  For people downvoting the parent, this is a "joke" in France (and based on his pseudo I guess he might be french). When the Chernobyl accident happened, french authorities told the population that the radioactive cloud haven't cross the french skies. But evidences quickly showed that it did over the France borders countries. So we say here that it never happened because the cloud was blocked at the border. It's now an historical reference of government lying to our face without second thoughts.
  - pm90 9y ago
    Ah, thanks for clarifying that. If I may ask: aren't there mechanisms that prevent the French State from lying so blatantly to its citizenry? How was this ultimately found out?
    - JeanMarcS 9y ago
      When thyroid cancers started increasing in south east France, what was a rumor (imagine a cloud consciously avoiding France...) begins to be a proof that leaded to an investigation. More infos (in English) here https://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/France-hid-info-on-effects-of-Chernobyl-cloud_134486.html https://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/France-hid-inf... I'm afraid I don't know how it ended (I wasn't in France at that time) Edit : it seems the case was dismissed (as it is often in France when government is implicated...) https://amp.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20110907-french-court-dismisses-chernobyl-nuclear-fallout-case-after-10-years https://amp.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20110907-french-court-dis...

jmnicolas 9y ago

Yeah and they said the same thing for Chernobyl. My mother got cancer.

perlgeek 9y ago
We've learned a lot since Chernobyl. We are still far from knowing everything about danger from radioactive fallout, but there has been a lot of research since then.
Arnt 9y ago
Chernobyl was bigger. A lot bigger. Locating that source was not a challenge.
thaumasiotes 9y ago
My grandmother got cancer too. Heck, so did my other grandmother. Of course, neither of them were ever anywhere near Chernobyl...
JeanMarcS 9y ago
For people downvoting the parent, this is a "joke" in France (and based on his pseudo I guess he might be french). When the Chernobyl accident happened, french authorities told the population that the radioactive cloud haven't cross the french skies. But evidences quickly showed that it did over the France borders countries. So we say here that it never happened because the cloud was blocked at the border. It's now an historical reference of government lying to our face without second thoughts.
- pm90 9y ago
  Ah, thanks for clarifying that. If I may ask: aren't there mechanisms that prevent the French State from lying so blatantly to its citizenry? How was this ultimately found out?
  - JeanMarcS 9y ago
    When thyroid cancers started increasing in south east France, what was a rumor (imagine a cloud consciously avoiding France...) begins to be a proof that leaded to an investigation. More infos (in English) here https://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/France-hid-info-on-effects-of-Chernobyl-cloud_134486.html https://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/France-hid-inf... I'm afraid I don't know how it ended (I wasn't in France at that time) Edit : it seems the case was dismissed (as it is often in France when government is implicated...) https://amp.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20110907-french-court-dismisses-chernobyl-nuclear-fallout-case-after-10-years https://amp.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20110907-french-court-dis...