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To make it more interesting...

TB — 12/12/2006 12:48:53 AM (archived)

There's also the theory of radiation hormesis, which has low doses actually beneficial to health.

More perspective from the Chernobyl incident.

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No more than ten to twenty million dead, tops! - LJK - 12/11/2006 8:09:32 PM
- Horse manure. - TB - 12/11/2006 8:39:37 PM
  - Agreed - R.L. - 12/11/2006 10:59:56 PM
    - If you defined WWII deaths as including only military deaths... - alcaray - 12/11/2006 11:29:00 PM
    - nuclear attack - TB - 12/11/2006 11:22:53 PM
      - Yup - R.L. - 12/11/2006 11:28:29 PM
        
        Radiation - REB - 12/12/2006 3:25:55 PM
        
        A possibly related story... - TB - 12/12/2006 12:38:20 AM
        
        re: Yup - TB - 12/12/2006 12:02:50 AM
        
        In Grad school.... - R.L. - 12/12/2006 12:35:33 AM
        
        To make it more interesting... - TB - 12/12/2006 12:48:53 AM
        
        Well.... - R.L. - 12/12/2006 1:11:31 AM
        
        I wonder... - Laurie Street - 12/12/2006 3:42:09 AM
        
        re: I wonder... - R.L. - 12/12/2006 4:04:08 AM
        
        There is Deinococcus radiodurans - LJK - 12/12/2006 5:36:34 PM
        
        not to mention... - podrock - 12/12/2006 2:16:58 AM
        
        Well, I have YOU to blame for that... - R.L. - 12/12/2006 2:18:38 AM
  - Yeah, but, nuclear detonations are still very annoying - LJK - 12/11/2006 10:23:25 PM

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