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NickB79

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17. Fukushima didn't release nearly as much radiation as most people believe

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:36 PM

Mar 2017

The vast majority of it was confined to the reactor site itself, or flushed and diluted into the ocean.

The levels the pigs are exposed to are not lethal in their relatively short lifespans, and their high reproductive rate compensates for the occasional deformed piglets born. The reason low-level radiation is such a concern for humans is that we can live many decades, giving ample time for small cancers to run rampant in our bodies.

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