{"id":36277,"date":"2011-06-19T15:46:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nuke-scaremongering-and-the-left-the-intersection\/"},"modified":"2011-06-19T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:46:23","slug":"nuke-scaremongering-and-the-left-the-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/nuke-scaremongering-and-the-left-the-intersection.php","title":{"rendered":"Nuke Scaremongering and the Left | The Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’m always on the lookout for questionable science coming from the left–and this Counterpunch <\/em>article<\/a>, entitled “Is the Dramatic Increase in Baby Deaths in the US a Result of Fukushima Fallout?”, certainly seems to qualify.<\/p>

The authors report on an increase in infant mortality across 8 U.S. northwestern cities during April and May. And let’s give them their claim that this is not some fluke.<\/p>

The authors then leap <\/em>to the implication that radiation from Fukushima–wafting from 5,000 miles away–is the cause!<\/p>

And yet no discussion is provided of how much radiation is actually arriving on the shores of the West Coast, or whether it is at dangerous levels; there is simply a recitation of the effects of Chernobyl on children–but Chernobyl created much more <\/em>radiation, and it was, basically, in the middle of Europe. See my Point of Inquiry episode<\/a> on this.<\/p>

I’m sorry, but you can’t start speculating about dead babies without a much stronger basis than this. For a saner discussion of risks to the West Coast, see here<\/a>, or here<\/a>.<\/p>

Goes to show that misuse of science can clearly occur on the left. Bad lefties!<\/p>

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