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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by sqeaky on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:16PM (#12729235)
7 million per year. This seems outright false despite being as pro nuclear as I am.

Can you back this up?

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by antris on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @01:42AM (#12732380)
I think the number is actually the total for global deaths in air pollution: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollut...

Coal is not the only contributor, but still a major one:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1632163/670000-deaths...

670,000 reported deaths because of coal annually in China

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