First Cases of Throat Cancer Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Plant

[FBaggins]

1. Right on time

A decade ago, the Helen Caldicotts and Arnie Gundersens of the world were saying that Fukushima was going to kill hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of people.

I said that a decade from now, we'll be arguing whether an uptick in thyroid cancer would be attributable to an actual increase in the disease or just more precise and more common testing and whether a handful of deaths could be attributed to the radiation or could be just the legal standard by which we make the determination.

And here we are a decade later.