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Re:After 100 years World War I battlefields are poisoned and... by samatman on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:45PM (#12189429)
While true, that doesn't account for the many millions of older people who were exposed to much higher levels of radiation closer to the tests. Many of whom will die of cancers caused by that higher level of exposure.
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Re:After 100 years World War I battlefields are poisoned and... by ekianjo on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:03PM (#12190385)
Contamination from nuclear weapons is not a binary thing. Basically the worst form of contamination is your breathe air with radioactive particles or eat veggies growing in radioactively contaminated soil. Depending on your level of exposure the effects vary widely so pretending cancer is very likely is not really true.
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