The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
On 14 Jul,
"LSR" wrote:

"Horizon" on BBC2 yesterday was pretty interesting . Tens of thousands of
deaths were predicted from Chernobyl using the standard model, which
extrapolates from the high exposures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In fact
there have been well under 100 deaths (I think it was 47). There has been
no increases in leukemia, and the local wildlife is thriving in spite of
constant exposure for 20 years now..

The conclusion was that low radiation exposure was at worst harmless and
might even be beneficial, as certain protective genes are "turned on".

Was it the first bit of propoganda for the next generation of nuclear
stations?

Possibly, but if it was, it has to be pretty easy to check against the
actual known data.

I am gobsmacked that in this day and age so few actually realise that
the Chernobyl site has been a wildlife reserve for several years now.
Experiments to introduce large mammals eradicated from the region
centuries ago have been very successful.

Have you all got your heads up your arses or what?