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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An impressionistic digital "watercolor" I've been playing with: Cesium-137 contamination as a result of Chernobyl.pic.twitter.com/OVzARCiDN3
@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
@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 There is also a difference between lack of detection and lack of harm. Epidemiological signal vs. noise hard to make out here.
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