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Monday, April 25, 2011

Primordial fear: why radiation is so scary

Primordial fear: why radiation is so scary
Paris (AFP) April 24, 2011 - Nuclear radiation is frightening stuff. A quarter century after Chernobyl, and more than 65 years after atomic bombs laid waste to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, fatally sickening thousands not killed outright, even unfounded fear of radioactive contamination can spark panic. The explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated a large swat ... more

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