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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Radiation at Fukushima is not that big a deal

Via David Strumfels

Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette

Four years after Fukushima, no one has been killed or sickened by radioactivity. But 1,600 died fleeing the disaster. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/science/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk.html …
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