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9. Horseshit yourself. WHO says 'no observable impact' outside of Japan.
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:22 PM
Aug 2013

"Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will put people living nearest to the nuclear power plant at a slightly elevated risk of cancer in the coming years. However, the disaster will have no ‘observable' impact in the rest of Japan or other parts of the world, according to a health risk assessment by the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO).

The assessment also expects no increases in miscarriages, stillbirths or physical and mental disorders in babies born after the accident, but does expect that one-third of the emergency workers at the plant will have an increased risk of cancer.

The WHO report has triggered a wide range of reactions. The Japanese environmental ministry contended that WHO is ‘overestimating’ the risk of cancer while environmental group Greenpeace accuses WHO of downplaying cancer risks.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/03/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-cancer-risk-increase

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