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Joe Chi Minh

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9. They don't stop far short of telling us that 'nuclear' is so safe,

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 06:21 PM

Oct 2015

we could soon have banana-powered nuclear power-stations, what with even bananas giving off a little radiation, as they tell us. (Nothing personal eponymous poster!)

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Children's cancer linked to Fukushima radiation [View all] bananas Oct 2015 OP

NPR did a nice job of throwing a damp towel over the story. Octafish Oct 2015 #1

Yeah, whenever the second sentence starts with "But" you know who they want protected. nt valerief Oct 2015 #3

I noticed that. nt bananas Oct 2015 #4

So the director of a center which is dedicated to promoting radiology use in closeupready Oct 2015 #6

UPI adds that South Korea found radioactive cesium in tobacco imported from Japan bananas Oct 2015 #8

Wow, I hadn't heard that davidpdx Oct 2015 #10

Toshihide Tsuda, a professor at Okayama University, listens to a reporter's questions during a press bananas Oct 2015 #2

So screen every child in the country and plot the results in a map lostnfound Oct 2015 #5

Here's the link to the study - open access, free to download bananas Oct 2015 #7

Another great post...thanks for posting this davidpdx Oct 2015 #11

Congratulations! nt bananas Oct 2015 #14

"The highest incidence rate ratio... was observed in the central middle district of the prefecture.. Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #13

They don't stop far short of telling us that 'nuclear' is so safe, Joe Chi Minh Oct 2015 #9

Cross-posted in Asian Group davidpdx Oct 2015 #12