Fear vs. Radiation: The Mismatch
By DAVID ROPEIK
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/opinion/fear-vs-radiation-the-mismatch.html?_r=0CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — It has been more than two and a half years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, and still the world watches events closely, fearfully. The drumbeat of danger seems never ending: Earlier this month, to take just one example, international news reports spread word that six workers at the plant had been accidentally doused with radioactive water.
Yet leading health scientists say the radiation from Fukushima has been
relatively harmless, which is similar to results found after studying
the health effects of Chernobyl. With all that evidence, why does our
fear of all things nuclear persist? And what peril does that fear itself
pose for society?
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