An impressionistic digital "watercolor" I've been playing with: Cesium-137 contamination as a result of Chernobyl.pic.twitter.com/OVzARCiDN3
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@wellerstein Cool picture. Any idea how many proven instances of harm there are as a result of Cs-137 ingestion post Chernobyl?
@Atomicrod There are various estimates. Most realistic on order of several thousand excess cancers. Hard to see in the epidemiological noise
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@wellerstein It was a trick question. The most credible sources say few, if any, effects from dispersed Cs-137 http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/chernobyl-accident-appendix-2-health-impacts.aspx … -
@Atomicrod I don't think nuclear industry groups are the "most credible sources," sorry. I know how they look at it. -
@wellerstein "..United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) reproduced here." Not industry group. -
@Atomicrod UNSCEAR's report more or less what I said — probably several thousand cancers, hard to tell: http://www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html …
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