If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids?

Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by Tichy on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:03PM (#4263443)

Could be a shot at creating a new superhero.

Also, big "anecdotal evidence" warning flag. One guy had relatively healthy kids, so radiation must be harmless?

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Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by sureshv on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:56PM (#4263643)

Read the section subtitled 'What Happened To The Kids?' - It covers this.

No large scale studies, says Sam, "have ever found significant evidence that these children had higher rates of any disease, or even higher rates of mutations. ... In the vast majority of cases, genetic fallout didn't settle onto the succeeding generation."

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Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by ars on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:56PM (#4263640)

I guess you didn't read the whole article? It talked about studies that found no problems.

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Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by tptacek on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @10:09PM (#4264067)

"Radiation must be harmless"? What?

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