"The truth about the health effects of low level radiation are beginning to appear in the main stream of public media. I am not sure when the segment in the video above actually ran on ABC, but it has been available on the web for more than a year. As you can see if you watch it, there are excerpts from other stories that also should have received wide distribution that also help people to understand that a little radiation is most likely harmless and might even be good for you.
I am encouraged by the fact that this truth is getting out. As the video clearly demonstrates, we have several examples around the world where there were scary and often repeated predictions of massive effects from certain well publicized events, but the long term studies after the fact have show just how wrong those predictions have been. There is a quote that often repeats in my brain that seems to apply here.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)"
http://theenergycollective.com/rodadams/49220/myths-about-radiation-hazards-debunked-why-are-they-so-often-repeated?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29Why is the subject line of this post in quotes? IMO countering evangelism with more evangelism is never a good idea, and this article is not innocent when it appropriates Abe Lincoln quotes in support of nuclear power, or puts forth specious arguments about the health benefits of radiation (see video). I'm also mildly pissed that they made me agree on a few points with the Keith Olbermann of the Right, John Stossel.