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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
You realize what he was quoting right? Not only is this guy a total quack but he said something much more offensive in the very same post.
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Granted, the godzilla reference was grossly inappropriate. Apologies if it offended anyone.
Total quack though? Why? I gave a link that described what was happening with expert commentary. The definitive site on what to do when in a nuclear incident was also given. And I mention that I am concerned it might impact here too given the prevalent winds, backed up by research and real studies on past events of a similar nature.
And no, I didn't go out and buy any more milk today. The cows are still eating stuff from storage.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_iodide we see reported about KI use during Chernobyl event that:
But equally important to the question of KI is the fact that radiation releases are not "local" events. Researchers at the World Health Organization accurately located and counted the cancer victims from Chernobyl and were startled to find that "the increase in incidence [of thyroid cancer] has been documented up to 500 km from the accident site...significant doses from radioactive iodine can occur hundreds of kilometers from the site, beyond emergency planning zones." Consequently, far more people than anticipated were affected by the radiation, which caused the United Nations to report in 2002 that "The number of people with thyroid cancer...has exceeded expectations. Over 11,000 cases have already been reported."