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Tag Archives: fallout
CATCH-14
Frank Davis writes. In CATCH-4, a week or so back, Chris Snowdon wrote: Since the obvious explanation for this strong, dose-sensitive association is that chronic smoking raises the risk of lung cancer significantly, any defence of smoking as the causative … Continue reading
The Fallout Hypothesis 3
I’ve been reading Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Experience with Atomic Radiation by Harvey Wasserman & Norman Solomon, published in 1982. Chapter 4 describes the US atmospheric testing in the 1950s. The dangers to the public of these … Continue reading
The Fallout Hypothesis 2
A few months back, in The Fallout Hypothesis, I explored the idea that many cancers, including lung cancer, were caused by radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1963. Fredrik Eich became interested in the idea, with … Continue reading
The Fallout Hypothesis
Yesterday I sketched out some of my reasons for doubting that smoking caused lung cancer, and a couple of my alternative hypotheses. It drew quite a few comments. And it’s in response to one of these that I’m going to … Continue reading
