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Old September 13th 03, 07:17 PM
Chad Irby
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In article ,
Aerophotos wrote:

fallout from thermonuclear testing is all we need to say .. the deadly
cancer after effect has killed many more people then hitler stalin etc
and other ever did in the world


Not really. Some people have squeezed and tortured the numbers to try
and suggest this, but looking at cancer numbers downwind of the Nevada
Test Site doen't show that much of an indication.

Radiation exposure is not linear in effects at low doses, apparently.

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