On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:23:54 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

"Carey Sublette" wrote:

:In Stalin's day of course he would have grown radioactive wheat and fed it
:to the population.

Note that this is what they are doing right now with produce from the
Chernobyl area.

:It would have saved them from starvation and immediate
:death, but given them a lifespan much reduced from normal.

People grossly overestimate the effects of radiation. Not so much
reduced at all. A few years lower on average, at most.

If you think of infant mortality (before 2) in the 30% range as
normal life span,

If you think of a fifteen year decline in life expectancy as a
few years,

If you think of . . . .

Oh what's the point.



Peter Skelton