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Octafish

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11. The ''a little bit of radiation is good for you'' lie is a special whopper.

Reply to gordianot (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 12, 2015, 09:59 AM

Sep 2015

Once heard by the public, a sizable percentage remember and reiterate it.

Could Small Amounts of Radiation Be Good For You? It’s Complicated.

by David Warmflash, Discover Magaine, April 6, 2015

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/04/06/small-radiation/#.VfQuaRFViko

"Might help boost our immune system" crapola.

Helen Caldicott makes clear that no amount radiation is safe for human beings, which, when mentioned, brings out shills, flamers and trolls like nobody's business.

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