Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Radiation fears don't line up with scientific studies
The idea that there is no safe dosage of radiation is unrealistic and unnecessarily increases public fears when a Fukushima Daiichi-like accident occurs, writes radiological-risk expert James Conca. The idea that any increase in radiation exposure results in higher health risks is not backed up by science. "The millions of nuclear workers that have been monitored closely for 50 years have no higher cancer mortality than the general population but have had several to ten times the average [radiation] dose. People living in Colorado and Wyoming have twice the annual dose as those in Los Angeles, but have lower cancer rates," he writes. Forbes