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FBaggins

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8. That's incorrect

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 09:17 AM

Jun 2014

Dose rates have a time component. Dose does not.

The dose that I was refering to was an estimate that assumed that a child was exposed for an entire year to the highest radiation levels detected on the West Coast. That's necessarily high because the primary contaminant (I131) was gone very quickly... and even the Cesium was undetectable long before a year went by... so no single child would have received even a tenth of that dose.

You're not being x-rayed for months or years on end.

Neither are the kids on the West Coast.

And... of course... these were deaths claimed in the first couple months after 3/11 - so they wouldn't have doses build up anyway.

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Fukushima's Children are Dying [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP

Before the nay-sayers post, I want to emphasize Demeter Jun 2014 #1

He's no journalist when it comes to anything nuclear FBaggins Jun 2014 #3

So are you saying this is made up? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #6

Yes... he made it up entirely FBaggins Jun 2014 #7

Here's some actual reporting for comparison FBaggins Jun 2014 #9

That's really interesting. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #11

Nobody can say for certain... FBaggins Jun 2014 #15

Half of almost any group having what I would think of as medical Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #17

True... but you have to ask yourself... FBaggins Jun 2014 #18

Especially when this is the SECOND time Japan has suffered massive irradiation, you mean? Demeter Jun 2014 #20

Lol... nice try. Let's play a game. FBaggins Jun 2014 #22

From the website: Children of the Atomic Bomb Demeter Jun 2014 #23

So...um... that's 6-0 in my favor, eh? FBaggins Jun 2014 #24

BUT--the Fukushima disaster is the gift that keeps on giving Demeter Jun 2014 #25

Sorry... you don't get to play games with reality. FBaggins Jun 2014 #27

Have a nice, big dose of reality, with your radiation, Baggins Demeter Jun 2014 #28

Lol... was that an oddly-worded apology? Or did you not even read what you posted? FBaggins Jun 2014 #29

You can't prove a negative Demeter Jun 2014 #30

Sorry... you've confused your logical fallacies. FBaggins Jun 2014 #31

You are a nuclear apologist, and there's far too much to apologize for Demeter Jun 2014 #32

How predictable FBaggins Jun 2014 #37

For three years Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2

In order for the talking point to go away... FBaggins Jun 2014 #4

'Dose' also has a time component. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #5

That's incorrect FBaggins Jun 2014 #8

You've got it exactly backwards. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #10

Nope. FBaggins Jun 2014 #12

Ah, ok Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #14

No problem at all FBaggins Jun 2014 #16

Actually looking at what you said, I think we Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #13

I don't see any info that a child has actually died from Fukishima. OnlinePoker Jun 2014 #19

Cancer takes a while. Check back in ten years. Demeter Jun 2014 #21

Nothing to see here...move along. deathrind Jun 2014 #26

This is horrible that so many children are dying. We must get rid of nuclear power plants for good. WilliamTuckness Jun 2014 #33

Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #34

Fukushima: Another Disaster The Nuclear/Radiation Cartel Lies About Wo49 Jun 2014 #35

You're going to use your very first post to shill for the lunatic fringe? FBaggins Jun 2014 #36

Welcome to D.U., Wo49. We are clearly deeply disrespected by the corporate "news" media. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #38