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Don't quote me on this, but I think you personally will absorb more radiation from eating bananas in your lifetime than you would from Zaporizhzhia even if it w
by bckr 4y ago
Don't quote me on this, but I think you personally will absorb more radiation from eating bananas in your lifetime than you would from Zaporizhzhia even if it were blown to smithereens.
Risks from nuclear meltdowns are actually overinflated in the public mind. Do you know how many people died of radiation poisoning in the wake of Chernobyl? It's fewer than you think.
- verdverm 4y agoMore people die each year from coal related air pollution than Chernobyl did in total, many more iirc, direct deaths were less than 100 and long-term the debate ranges from 1-10k
- moistly 4y agoLikewise, a lot more nukes have been set off than most people realize. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-nuclear-weapons-tests https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-nuclear-weapons... Over 2000 nukes have been exploded.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThat is a very cavalier way of looking at it. This is the radiation fallout map from Chernobyl. In all darker red areas you still have to radiation test wild game and people are advised to not each too much mushrooms. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tx9iqKuIdYU/VhP7XTxs4dI/AAAAAAAApHM/b9OMjWEt1Ck/s1600/Chernobyl.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tx9iqKuIdYU/VhP7XTxs4dI/AAAAAAAAp... > Radioactive contamination of mushrooms and wild game > - As a result of the Chernobyl reactor accident, certain species of mushrooms and wild game are still highly contaminated with caesium-137 in some areas of Germany. https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/environment/foodstuffs/mushrooms-game/mushrooms-game_node.html https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/environment/foodstuffs/mush...
- bckr 4y agoIt's not all-or-nothing. We must be able to understand that nuclear disasters are bad while also not being overly freaked out by them.