Report: Japan kept secret about scary nuclear scenario

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4. As of this time there are no fatalities which are attributable to radiation from Fukushima

and there may never be.

"The cancer risk may be absent, or just too small to detect, said Dr. Fred Mettler, a radiologist who led an international study of health effects from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

That's partly because cancer is one of the top killers of people in industrialized nations. Odds are high that if you live long enough, you will die of cancer. The average lifetime cancer risk is about 40 percent."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/fukushima-plant-disaster-long-term-effects_n_1103874.html

Instead of people are getting worked up in a frenzy over media reports, they should quit smoking cigarettes or use more sunscreen - which would have a far greater impact on their risk from cancer. I would be happy to discuss the number of cancers which would have developed had Fukushima's power been generated using coal, but I will warn you that the plant has saved thousands of lives since it opened and prevented tons of poisonous mercury from being dumped into the Pacific Ocean.

Yes, some who are opposed to nuclear energy would like nothing better than to have their irrational fears validated, although of course they won't be. I'm not sure what it takes to change minds these days, but I am sure some people will never accept facts which don't fit their preconceptions.