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Even the very lowest levels of radiation are harmful to life, scientists have concluded in the Cambridge Philosophical Society's journal Biological Reviews. Reporting the results of a wide-ranging analysis of 46 peer-reviewed studies published over the past 40 years, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Paris-Sud found that variation in low-level, natural background radiation was found to have small, but highly statistically significant, negative effects on DNA as well as several measures of health. Now, where we with Fukoshima radings? |
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The trouble with meta-studies...
by Maxwell on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:38:29 AM
As a former lifeguard (four years),
by Daniel Geery on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:26:57 AM
Fukushima threatens us all!
by Mark Goldes on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:31:12 AM
And the pathetic part is we are doing absolutely
by Daniel Geery on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:44:01 PM
Ah!
by molly cruz on Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:49:37 AM
Yes, yet another concept we Americans
by Daniel Geery on Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:48:57 PM