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FBaggins

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21. So you're really incapable of nuance, eh?

Reply to RobertEarl (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:24 PM

Mar 2013

It's either deadly and there's a conspiracy to hide it... or it's "perfectly safe"

But you are right, the plume actually spread around the world in a few days.

Yep. At levels far too low to worry about except right there near the plants. But something tells me that thousands of miles away in NC... you were looking for iodine pill suppliers?

and was based upon real data of radiation found in the area.

Nope. Do you really read that paragraph to say that?

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Report: Infant Girls Exposed to Most-Contaminated Fukushima Area Face 70% Higher Risk Thyroid Cancer [View all] Hissyspit Feb 2013 OP

This ~ In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #1

In light of this how can nuclear energy be seen as safe? madokie Feb 2013 #2

Seriously? FBaggins Mar 2013 #6

NYT article had this to say RobertEarl Mar 2013 #7

So? They're saying the same thing I said. FBaggins Mar 2013 #8

No, went right over your head didn't it? RobertEarl Mar 2013 #9

Nope. It's just what I said (twice now). FBaggins Mar 2013 #10

There you go with the personal attacks RobertEarl Mar 2013 #12

Again... Nope. FBaggins Mar 2013 #16

You should go there and tell the people RobertEarl Mar 2013 #18

So you're really incapable of nuance, eh? FBaggins Mar 2013 #21

Facts RobertEarl Mar 2013 #22

heh zappaman Mar 2013 #19

almost doubling of her risk CreekDog Mar 2013 #11

With numbers that small... why be "horrified"? FBaggins Mar 2013 #13

a 1 in 133 risk turning into a 1 in 78 risk? CreekDog Mar 2013 #17

For someone in that category, yes. FBaggins Mar 2013 #20

Thanks for caring CreekDog RobertEarl Mar 2013 #15

On the plus side, if you're going to get cancer, thyroid is the one to get. Burma Jones Feb 2013 #3

tip of the iceberg, this is going to end in tears for so so many, and not just in Japan Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #4

That is what I am afraid of RobertEarl Mar 2013 #5

On a tangent, but related... WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #14