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Sure but the assumption is that however infinitesimally bad it is, it’s not worse than what you’re already tolerating.
by AbrahamParangi 7y ago
Sure but the assumption is that however infinitesimally bad it is, it’s not worse than what you’re already tolerating.
- jessriedel 7y ago"Tolerating" might mean experiencing the normal levels of cancer, which is 2nd only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the US. If we take a given amount of radiation, then, assuming the linear-no-threshold model, spreading that radiation around a giant population does not decrease the number of deaths induced.