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darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
8. Thousands died during the disaster and immediately after and thousands will continue to die!
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:09 PM
Nov 2012

"According to the Union of Concerned Scientists the number of excess cancer deaths worldwide (including all contaminated areas) is approximately 27,000 based on the same LNT. [131]

Another study critical of the Chernobyl Forum report was commissioned by Greenpeace, which asserts that "the most recently published figures indicate that in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine alone the accident could have resulted in an estimated 200,000 additional deaths in the period between 1990 and 2004."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#_

But of course, mentioning Chernobyl doesn't help your cause, so why bother

I was just a lil girl when it happened, and I'm lucky I'm still alive.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Slowly but surely........ left on green only Nov 2012 #1
Wow! We're saved. Of course, we might not have had this disaster... NNadir Nov 2012 #2
This post was alerted on. The jury voted 3/3 to let it stand. ohiosmith Nov 2012 #3
Stop taking your meds again? jpak Nov 2012 #4
Making a case FOR nuclear energy requires more than badmouthing alternatives... Scuba Nov 2012 #5
Oh my! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #6
Fukushima was not the only disaster darkangel218 Nov 2012 #7
While I think darkagnel is not being very nice, naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #11
sorry darkangel.. naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #13
If you only knew darkangel218 Nov 2012 #14
What unit of measure are you using? Deaths per kilawatt? nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #26
Thousands died during the disaster and immediately after and thousands will continue to die! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #8
Far more die in coal mines every year. nt. naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #12
What data do you have to support your claim? darkangel218 Nov 2012 #15
And where do you think uranium comes from? JoeyT Nov 2012 #17
I dont support coal energy a bit, but today mining darkangel218 Nov 2012 #18
Pollution from uranium mining kills too. JoeyT Nov 2012 #19
I know, Joey. They just refuse to aknowledge the facts. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #20
Jury duty and meta JoeyT Nov 2012 #22
Thanx.. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #23
The World Health Organization contradicts these numbers. OnlinePoker Nov 2012 #25
Read and look at the pictures of some of the victims! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #9
"clean nuclear power"? Are you calling anyone with concerns "dumb fuck anti-nuke gas bags"? uppityperson Nov 2012 #10
Technically Fukushima did kill. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #27
Off-topic but did you know... Japan currently has only one nuclear power plant operational? proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #16
Maybe not. proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #21
This good news brought to you by clean burning natural gas... hunter Nov 2012 #24
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