Tag Archives: fallout

The Fallout Hypothesis Revisited Again

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

The Fallout Hypothesis of lung cancer re-appeared in the comments yesterday, provoking an interesting discussion. The idea, in part, was that men got lung cancer more often than women because men spent more time outdoors under a rain of radioactive … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Perpetual Youth

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

I came across this on Facebook yesterday. It must have been written before 2009, when Michael Jackson died (at the hands of his doctor): The overall magnitude of lung cancer risk to humans from atmospheric radioactive fallout cannot be overstated. … Continue reading →

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Third Hand Smoke Has Reached Sirius

Posted on January 5, 2016 by

Telegraph: Buying a house from a smoker could prove dangerous for your health, study finds Third hand smoke permeates furniture, carpets and walls and could prove toxic, even months after people have stopped smoking in it, scientists say Buying a … Continue reading →

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Andrei Sakharov on Radioactive Fallout

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

The designer of the 1961 50 megaton Tsar Bomba was Andrei Sakharov. Some years earlier, Sakharov had become concerned about the effects of radioactive fallout, and in 1958 he had published a paper in which he estimated the numbers of … Continue reading →

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Playing Up and Playing Down Risks

Posted on October 31, 2014 by

Last night I watched the talks given in 2009 by Dr Chris Busby and Dr Jack Valentin on the risks of nuclear radiation. Chris Busby was arguing that the standard ICRP model of radiation risks was based upon the Hiroshima … Continue reading →

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Various News Items

Posted on October 30, 2014 by

Following from yesterday, and the way things gradually metamorphose into something else, Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore: His fellow directors were unqualified in science, whereas he has a PhD in ecology and environmental science.  When they decided, against his advice, to … Continue reading →

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Have To Laugh

Posted on January 12, 2014 by

I had to laugh. In the comments Some Other Tom wrote: I’m waiting for the day that even uttering the word cigarette will be taboo and banned. I know it is coming… Two hours later, Magnetic replied: In one school, the … Continue reading →

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