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Re:Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe' by dspeyer on Thursday August 22, 2013 @12:19PM (#6258069)
> Number of people who died

Zero

> Number of children who get thyroid cancer

Forty so far.

These are just what I could find quickly. Couldn't quickly find anything on Deepwater Horizon.

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Re:Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe' by zurn on Friday August 23, 2013 @01:31AM (#6261885)
>> Number of children who get thyroid cancer

> Forty so far.

Let's hope they hit the ~100% survival rate quoted for early stage thyroid cancer:

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroidcancer/detailedguide/thy...

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