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  . Fukushima was about 300 Sv to workers and population. At 1 cancer / 1000 Sv, that's about 3 cancers. The cancers caused by the coal plants Fukishima replaced are in the thousands.   . Fukushima was about 300 Sv to workers and population. At 1 cancer / 1000 Sv, that's about 0.3 cancers. The cancers caused by the coal plants Fukishima replaced are in the thousands.

Nick Lane

biochemist at University College, London


Oxygen, The Molecule that made the World Oxford, 2002

  • p215: James Lovelock estimates respired oxygen damage equivalent to whole body dose of 1 Sv (100 rem) per year.
    • Fukushima was about 300 Sv to workers and population. At 1 cancer / 1000 Sv, that's about 0.3 cancers. The cancers caused by the coal plants Fukishima replaced are in the thousands.


Life Ascending The 10 Great Inventions of Evolution 2009

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