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Fukushima and the Art of Knowin
- ggm 4y agoThis is the horrible dichotomy of nuclear accidents: well handled to avoid perceived risk of contamination, significant longterm harms are done in mental health, childhood development, end of life, unassociated cancer treatment interruptions, social dislocation. Name me a state brave enough to weigh up the statistics of harm and risk and leave people in place. Radiation hormesis and the no safe limit thing, Helen Caldicott and all.. it's complicated. The ignorance in the community at large about radiation disease risk (the article mentions family rejection because of belief radiation sickness is contageous) is amazing.