When Ann Coulter, remarking about the tragedy in Japan, stated “the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer", even Bill O’Rielly was skeptical. Such bold claims are so outside the mainstream of conventional wisdom that absurdity seemed reasonable in comparison. Yet the earthquake, tsunami and the resulting problems at the Japanese nuclear facilities have rekindled an age old debate as to the hazards of nuclear radiation.
At the core of this debate is the basic science, which over the years has been inconclusive at best. There is no scientific disagreement when it comes to high level exposure to radiation. An estimated 90,000 to 120,000 died in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki immediately from the atomic blasts. Most died from intense beta radiation burns as the center of both blast zones represented total destruction on a scale not previously experienced by mankind.
The Study of Radiation's Effect on the Human Body Began
Soon afterward the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission was founded to study the long term effects of exposure to radiation. Initially the commission focused on survivors of the blast zone, with ongoing studies that received 80% participation from the victims. Later as the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), this was expanded to include also low-level nuclear fallout from the surrounding areas.
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