Comments on: When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Candide III https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-2398059 Candide III Sat, 26 Sep 2015 02:28:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38915#comment-2398059 In my opinion, the article would have been stronger if it hadn’t mentioned radiation hormesis, which is after all a much less well-substantiated hypothesis than linear-no-threshold. Instead it could have mentioned Chernobyl, for which the results are broadly similar to Fukushima if one excludes the unfortunate firemen and the ‘biorobot’ conscripts who cleaned up the immediate mess in classic Russian fashion — ‘don’t spare troops, women will pop out more’.

]]> By: A Boy and His Dog https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-2398044 A Boy and His Dog Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:55:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38915#comment-2398044 The big cause of cancer in Japan seems to be the H pylori bacteria. Japan’s stomach cancer rate is four times that of the U.K. because of it.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-2397971 Slovenian Guest Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:01:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38915#comment-2397971 And once again I recommend Glasstone:

“A blog all about contradicting the widespread superstition that nuclear wars are unsurvivable and debunking hardened dogma of exaggerated nuclear effects.”

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