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darkangel218

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23. Thanx..
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:05 PM
Nov 2012

It's something I am still working on. I had nightmares for years after Chernobyl. Sometimes I just start crying when I remember what happened.

Two days after the reactor disaster, the nurses came to my school and gave us iodine pills to help against the radiation. But only children got them, they didn't have enough for the adults. So many perished from tyroid cancer in the years after ... :'(

Slowly but surely........ left on green only Nov 2012 #1
Wow! We're saved. Of course, we might not have had this disaster... NNadir Nov 2012 #2
This post was alerted on. The jury voted 3/3 to let it stand. ohiosmith Nov 2012 #3
Stop taking your meds again? jpak Nov 2012 #4
Making a case FOR nuclear energy requires more than badmouthing alternatives... Scuba Nov 2012 #5
Oh my! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #6
Fukushima was not the only disaster darkangel218 Nov 2012 #7
While I think darkagnel is not being very nice, naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #11
sorry darkangel.. naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #13
If you only knew darkangel218 Nov 2012 #14
What unit of measure are you using? Deaths per kilawatt? nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #26
Thousands died during the disaster and immediately after and thousands will continue to die! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #8
Far more die in coal mines every year. nt. naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #12
What data do you have to support your claim? darkangel218 Nov 2012 #15
And where do you think uranium comes from? JoeyT Nov 2012 #17
I dont support coal energy a bit, but today mining darkangel218 Nov 2012 #18
Pollution from uranium mining kills too. JoeyT Nov 2012 #19
I know, Joey. They just refuse to aknowledge the facts. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #20
Jury duty and meta JoeyT Nov 2012 #22
Thanx.. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #23
The World Health Organization contradicts these numbers. OnlinePoker Nov 2012 #25
Read and look at the pictures of some of the victims! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #9
"clean nuclear power"? Are you calling anyone with concerns "dumb fuck anti-nuke gas bags"? uppityperson Nov 2012 #10
Technically Fukushima did kill. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #27
Off-topic but did you know... Japan currently has only one nuclear power plant operational? proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #16
Maybe not. proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #21
This good news brought to you by clean burning natural gas... hunter Nov 2012 #24
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