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Did Fukushima cause babies on the US West Coast to be more at risk from hypothyroidism?
A recent paper entitled Elevated airborne beta levels in Pacific/West Coast US States and trends in hypothyroidism among newborns after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown has been published and the ...
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Is the Fukushima disaster causing an increase in infant mortality on the west coast of North America?
Here we've got a claim that infant mortality in select US cities on the west coast has increased by 35% since the nuclear meltdown. This claim is based on two data points:
4 weeks ending March 19, ...
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Is there any real benefit in the everyday use of surgical masks to protect oneself from radiation?
A lot of pictures from Japan showing radiation testing with patients wearing surgical masks. The impression one gets is that they must think it is protecting them, in some way.
Is this a legitimate ...
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