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Every extra bit of ionising radiation increases your cancer risk

Nuclear policy experts: No safe radiation level from Fukushima,THE CANADIAN,  11 SEPTEMBER 2011 Daniel Hirsch, a renowned expert on nuclear policy often quoted by major media outlets, spoke at the Stevenson College Event Center on the tragedy at the Fukushima plant and how the U.S. can prevent a similar meltdown at its 104 nuclear reactors, including the two in California.

Hirsch warned that a decades-old study estimated that a meltdown at the Southern California nuclear plant in Onofre could release enough radiation to immediately kill 130,000 people, cause cancer to 300,000 and genetic defects in 600,000 more.

“Every amount of radiation exposure increases your risk of cancer,” he said. “There is no safe level of radiation….”http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/intrnational/2011/09/11/783.html

September 12, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, health