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Fossil and biofuel combustion kills 8 million people per year and has for decades [1]. Nuclear testing exposed some hundreds of people to high levels of radiati
by acidburnNSA 5y ago
Fossil and biofuel combustion kills 8 million people per year and has for decades [1]. Nuclear testing exposed some hundreds of people to high levels of radiation, some of which died or had shortened lives. Wide populations that got fallout doses many times less than natural background were very likely not affected by testing fallout.
Thus, fossil and biofuel combustion have been many orders of magnitude worse than nuclear weapons testing for overall human health.
[1] https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1 https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1