Sure. I've conceded that birth defects may have gone up. But I've shown that there's no evidence that it's related to radiation, which presumably was the point

Sure. I've conceded that birth defects may have gone up. But I've shown that there's no evidence that it's related to radiation, which presumably was the point of your original reply. Birth defects going up because people drank more alcohol as the USSR failed (which is just as or more likely than because of Chernobyl) is irrelevant to this thread.