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Nuclear Free

FBaggins

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5. Hardly a surprise

Reply to soryang (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:33 AM

Jul 2019

A nuclear explosion puts substantially more radioactive material into the environment (and more dangerous isotopes) compared to a reactor meltdown... and there were over 100 nuclear "tests" in the Marshall Islands.

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Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says [View all] soryang Jul 2019 OP

Which probably explains why my late and dear Jane Austin Jul 2019 #1

Sorry to hear about those tragedies soryang Jul 2019 #2

Thanks. Jane Austin Jul 2019 #3

Back in 1972, my brother had surgery for cancer. The surgeon, who was in his 70s, Frustratedlady Jul 2019 #4

Hardly a surprise FBaggins Jul 2019 #5