http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html/comment-page-1#comment-3103 Gary Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:07:10 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html#comment-3103 <p>Have any of you douchebags seen the various documentaries which show the children who bear horrible physical defects DIRECTLY related to the Chernobyl fallout? It's fine to argue that some claims are overblown, but to maintain that a huge radioactive leak such as Chernobyl has no consequences is just plain false. The fact that a report says long-term effects were revised downward DOES NOT mean that substantial short-term effects exist. Get your heads out of your asses. If you really believe this tripe, put your money where your smug mouths are and invest in land around Chernobyl. I don't see you lining up to do so. Just as I thought, another case of NIMBY - you're fine with industrial accidents, as long as you can afford to insulate yourself from them. </p> Have any of you douchebags seen the various documentaries which show the children who bear horrible physical defects DIRECTLY related to the Chernobyl fallout? It’s fine to argue that some claims are overblown, but to maintain that a huge radioactive leak such as Chernobyl has no consequences is just plain false. The fact that a report says long-term effects were revised downward DOES NOT mean that substantial short-term effects exist. Get your heads out of your asses. If you really believe this tripe, put your money where your smug mouths are and invest in land around Chernobyl. I don’t see you lining up to do so. Just as I thought, another case of NIMBY – you’re fine with industrial accidents, as long as you can afford to insulate yourself from them.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html/comment-page-1#comment-3102 dearieme Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:51:42 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html#comment-3102 <p>I beg your pardon, "CNN".</p> I beg your pardon, “CNN”.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html/comment-page-1#comment-3101 dearieme Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:51:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/02/longterm_cherno.html#comment-3101 <p>'the "largest public health problem created by the accident" was its effect on the mental health of residents who were traumatized by their rapid relocation and the fear, still lingering, that they would almost certainly contract terminal cancer': which is to say that Rumour and the Media are the main cause of the public health problem. How soon before people pick up on this and start suing CN etc?</p> ‘the “largest public health problem created by the accident” was its effect on the mental health of residents who were traumatized by their rapid relocation and the fear, still lingering, that they would almost certainly contract terminal cancer’: which is to say that Rumour and the Media are the main cause of the public health problem. How soon before people pick up on this and start suing CN etc?

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