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wtmusic

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11. Your mom's cancer is thousands of times more likely to be from other causes

Reply to darkangel218 (Reply #10)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 11:21 AM

Aug 2013

than ionizing radiation. 10,000 Americans die from cancer caused by exposure to the sun every year; about 15,000 from the effects of coal smoke.

Cancer is very real, but it's important to understand what the main causes are.

I'm very sorry to hear about your mom.

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Fukushima operator says workers dusted with radioactive particles [View all] xchrom Aug 2013 OP

Fukushima is killing Japan and the rest of the world darkangel218 Aug 2013 #1

Hey, what happend to everyone? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #2

Do you have me on ignore? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #3

not at all. this group can be quiet sometimes is all. xchrom Aug 2013 #4

okay, just checking. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #5

Most people don't care. wtmusic Aug 2013 #6

Excuse me, im a Chernobyl survivour! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #7

Don't feel too special. wtmusic Aug 2013 #8

"dont be a casuality"! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #9

My mom is dying of stage 4 cancer as we speak! non genetic darkangel218 Aug 2013 #10

Your mom's cancer is thousands of times more likely to be from other causes wtmusic Aug 2013 #11

Wiki article for you ... Nihil Aug 2013 #18

That is so totally insensitive wtmusic Aug 2013 #19

Don't waste your breath, poster is always a nuclear apologist. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #12

That would make you a coal apologist. wtmusic Aug 2013 #13

And a pretty insensitive one, at that BuddhaGirl Aug 2013 #14

I see.. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #15

I felt his posts were totally insensitive. He's consistent anyway. Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #16

Love your sig line. cprise Aug 2013 #17