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NNadir

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6. And?
Mon May 23, 2016, 01:21 PM
May 2016

You believe that wider spread and higher levels of contamination would result.

How much wider, how much higher, and more importantly, in your estimation, based on your knowledge of radiation risk, would the resulting death toll be as high as five hours of air pollution deaths that occur constantly, without stop, all around the world?

How about deaths related to living in coastal cities struck by tsunamis in the 21st century, roughly a quarter of a million, plus or minus a few tens of thousands?

Would the wider spread and higher levels of contamination have made a reactor being hit by a tsunami as dangerous as the tsunami(s) itself/themselves?

By the way, did shutting the Japanese reactors in 2011 to see if they were safe make air pollution deaths less of a threat or a worse threat? Are air pollution deaths in Japan considered to be a "near miss," or an actual occurrence?

The 2013 Global Burden of Disease Survey lists stroke, ischemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections and lung cancer as the largest causes of mortality in Japan

What's your guess, would all these disappear if Fukushima hadn't happened?

Have a nice evening.

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