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I worry that this is incomplete information. For example, the Wikipedia article linked shows tallies totaling <10k recorded abortions from Chernobyl in neighbo
by itishappy 3y ago
I worry that this is incomplete information.
For example, the Wikipedia article linked shows tallies totaling <10k recorded abortions from Chernobyl in neighboring nations. This would mean that nearly all of them would have had to occur in Belarus and Ukraine, which did not report numbers. Where did the 150000 figure come from, in that case? (I'm not the only one to raise this question, see the references for that figure.)
Similarly, while there seems to be no evidence of a long-term increase in birth defects, we do not have data on the number of miscarriages at the time, which would surely be a factor when deciding on an abortion. Same with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Finally, Chernobyl does show measurable increases in thyroid cancer, even though mortality is low. Hiroshima and Nagasaki show excess leukemia deaths too.