NHK: Thyroid cancer found in 18 Fukushima children

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50. There is no such thing as an "argument from science without prejudice".

Any opinion which has already been formed is a prejudice. In Hansen's case, he's come out in favor already ("pre-&quot because he's decided ("-judiced&quot based on an incredible amount of scientific data and knowledge, that this is the way we need to go forward. Maybe you are confusing that with "conflict of interest", and there's nothing to indicate the nuclear industry is compensating Hansen in any way.

I wish nuclear didn't create dangerous waste, but it does. It creates a very small volume of waste which can be easily stored, and will be used again long before it becomes a problem (it will be extremely valuable for creating energy in the future).

There's no doubt Fukushima is a catastrophe, but it's dwarfed by the ongoing catastrophe of the world's coal industry - coal is doing far more harm to the environment and to health. That's a fact.

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