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A mounting number of studies are coming to some surprising conclusions about the dangers of nuclear radiation. It might not be as deadly as is widely believed.
...The GSF study has examined 6,293 men who worked at the chemical plant between 1948 and 1972. "So far 301 have died of lung cancer," says Jacob. "But only 100 cases were caused by radiation. The others were attributed to cigarettes."...
...The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) studied 29,873 people who lived along the Techa between 1950 and 1960. According to the NCI scientists, only 46 deaths came about due to radiation exposure...
...the Japanese and the Americans launched a giant epidemiological study after the war. The study included all residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who had survived the atomic explosion within a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) radius. Investigators questioned the residents to obtain their precise locations when the bomb exploded, and used this information to calculate a personal radiation dose for each resident. Data was collected for 86,572 people. Today, 60 years later, the study's results are clear. More than 700 people eventually died as a result of radiation received from the atomic attack:
Such statistics have attracted little notice so far. The numbers cited in schoolbooks are much higher. According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, 105,000 people died of the "long-term consequences of radiation."
A mounting number of studies are coming to some surprising conclusions about the dangers of nuclear radiation. It might not be as deadly as is widely believed.
- On Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than 86,000 survivors were studied. So far, only 777 of them have died as a result of radiation poisoning.
- On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant melted down. Forty-seven clean-up workers died from radiation poisoning. Nine children died from thyroid cancer. Experts estimate that up to 4,000 may subsequently die from the long-term results of radiation.
- On October 10, 1957, the graphite core of the nuclear reactor at Windscale caught fire, releasing radioactive contamination. The fallout across northern Europe was, according to new calculations, much larger than previously thought. The final death toll is expected to reach 240.
- The East German company Wismut AG mined uranium ore from 1947 to 1990. Miners were largely unprotected and inhaled radioactive radon. some 59,000 people have been examined. So far, 1,221 people have died from complications resulting from radiation, most of them from lung cancer.
...The GSF study has examined 6,293 men who worked at the chemical plant between 1948 and 1972. "So far 301 have died of lung cancer," says Jacob. "But only 100 cases were caused by radiation. The others were attributed to cigarettes."...
...The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) studied 29,873 people who lived along the Techa between 1950 and 1960. According to the NCI scientists, only 46 deaths came about due to radiation exposure...
...the Japanese and the Americans launched a giant epidemiological study after the war. The study included all residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who had survived the atomic explosion within a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) radius. Investigators questioned the residents to obtain their precise locations when the bomb exploded, and used this information to calculate a personal radiation dose for each resident. Data was collected for 86,572 people. Today, 60 years later, the study's results are clear. More than 700 people eventually died as a result of radiation received from the atomic attack:
- 87 died of leukemia
- 440 died of tumors
- and 250 died of radiation-induced heart attacks
- In addition, 30 fetuses developed mental disabilities after they were born
Such statistics have attracted little notice so far. The numbers cited in schoolbooks are much higher. According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, 105,000 people died of the "long-term consequences of radiation."
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Date: 2007-11-27 05:05 pm (UTC)http://www.theblessingsofliberty.com/articles/article28.html