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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Terrorism and Radiation: Understanding the Real Threat To Our Cities

Terrorism and Radiation: Understanding the Real Threat To Our Cities

| May. 7, 2013 | http://reason.com/archives/2013/05/07/terrorism-and-radiation-understanding-th/print

The Boston Marathon attack has drawn new attention to the risk of radiation poisoning from a dirty bomb detonated in a heavily-populated urban area. Bostonians were inconvenienced by the shutting down of their city for a day; imagine if it had been a dirty bomb and a quarter million people had been ordered to evacuate their homes and offices, because of false fears about the amount of radiation which is actually dangerous.

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