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Sep 7Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

You might want to check with Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, Dr. Jane Orient, on this topic, as they have been involved in the radiological threat for decades.

Personally, I eat a lot of fish, incl salmon from the Pacific, so I am concerned. However, if I recall, DDP thinks the threat is more muted. See linear no-threshold model (LNT model) a conservative model used in radiation protection to estimate the health effects from small radiation doses. Radiation Dosimetry. LNT model allows for the extrapolation of the cancer risk vs. radiation dose to low-dose levels, given a known risk at a high dose. They also discuss hormeisis, where tiny amounts of radation, which the earth normally has, may in fact be salubrious.

However, I may have the DDP position wrong, or they may have changed. I'm doing this from memory and an article from several years ago, so I suggest checking them out. Joining them is $20/year https://www.ddponline.org/

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What could go wrong? (Sarcasm)

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Sep 7Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Wow, what a complicated problem, may God intervene with the right solution. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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