http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2012/08/18/cesium-in-those-near-no-1-rated-low-now-via-the-japan-times/ Sat, 18 May 2013 13:13:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2012/08/18/cesium-in-those-near-no-1-rated-low-now-via-the-japan-times/comment-page-1/#comment-260727 norma field Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:17:52 +0000 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/?p=16792#comment-260727 This appears to be another example of a hasty attempt to reassure the public of “approximately zero risk.” Not only was cesium the only radionuclide measured, as acknowledged, but the confident assessment seems to rely on the statistical significance of cancers that are purely attributable to Fukushima, without acknowledging synergistic effects between radionuclides and other toxins.

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