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FBaggins

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7. Utter nonsense

Wed May 22, 2013, 12:02 PM

May 2013

Thyroid cancer is rarely deadly... it's not even noticed in most cases. And claiming that you would get it absent the pills is ridiculous - even if you lived only miles from the plant.

There was a substantial increase in thyroid cancer cases after Chernobyl... but we're still talking a very small percentage of the population as a whole. To claim that the pills saved your life is entirely unsupported by fact.

IOW... the polite way of saying "extreamly ignorant" (sic - and let's all get a laugh out of the irony there )

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] darkangel218 May 2013 OP

What in the world were you doing in Northern Ukraine or Belarus in 1986? leveymg May 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 May 2013 #2

To establish you as an authority for your first post? Nope. FBaggins May 2013 #3

If we weren't given the potassium iodide we would've been dead darkangel218 May 2013 #5

Utter nonsense FBaggins May 2013 #7

OMG darkangel218 May 2013 #9

Wrong again. FBaggins May 2013 #11

Browsw through the pics and see if you find any speck of humanity in you darkangel218 May 2013 #12

And you think that a potassium iodide pill would have helped there? FBaggins May 2013 #13

The point of my OP was nuclear plants ARE NOT SAFE!! darkangel218 May 2013 #15

Not quite FBaggins May 2013 #18

"not very threatning condition"??? darkangel218 May 2013 #16

It simply isn't. FBaggins May 2013 #17

Everyone on DU - including you - faces a much higher risk of dying from the effects of coal smoke wtmusic May 2013 #19

You have NO proof of that claim RobertEarl May 2013 #24

It's been corected. nt wtmusic May 2013 #20

Sure... but it wasn't the spelling that I found funny. FBaggins May 2013 #21

Ignorant or a sales pitch? RobertEarl May 2013 #10

Absolutely. leveymg May 2013 #4

Thanks x. darkangel218 May 2013 #6

darkangel RobertEarl May 2013 #23

Its ok, i ignored that person. darkangel218 May 2013 #25

People experiencing an intervention... FBaggins May 2013 #30

Ignore our glow-in-the-dark trolls Demeter May 2013 #8

Pripyat has become a popular photo-toursit destination... RevStPatrick May 2013 #14

Soviet Nuclear Plants are dbackjon May 2013 #22

I've experienced "nuclear" lab accidents twice. hunter May 2013 #26

+1 wtmusic May 2013 #33

Used to live near Davis-Besse riqster May 2013 #27

Totally different Fusion Design Process 4Q2u2 May 2013 #28

I guess living through the George W. Bush pResidency isn't exactly the same thing... AndyA May 2013 #29

I would like to say that I think safe nuclear energy is possible... jimlup May 2013 #31

Wow you have been through a lot. felix_numinous May 2013 #32