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In reply to the discussion: I thought the sea star 'melting' was a problem related to acidification? [View all]Generic Other
(29,082 posts)"Ian Hewson, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Microbiology, Cornell University, Dec. 20, 2013: Weve had a lot of questions about whether it is related to radiation from Fukushima. We cant completely exclude that possibility, but at the same time when you examine sea stars on the Japanese side of the Pacific, they are not dying, as far as we know. And its very unlikely that is the source of the problem. [...] its probably something in the water. Something in the water could be either chemical, it could be combined chemical and biological [...] Im very surprised when I hear about 100% death rates of any organism when you are talking about a disease. It is not in nature, for example, for a pathogen to wipe out your entire host population. [It] has to have something to survive in."
So how is this lacking credibility? They seem to have concluded that the starfish likely are not dying because of Fukushima. You talk about anti-vaxxers being fixated. What about flat-earthers?
Tiresome to hear people refuse to discuss because they prefer to be snarky.
Totally unrec.