At 13:47 4-7-01 -0700, Darryl Shannon wrote:
Darryl, would you mind being a little more accurate when quoting people?
>Now, about the safety of nuclear power, and the economic viability of
>other power sources. Jeroen complained that people have many times
>higher cancer rates near nuclear power plants,
No, I said *there were reports* that made such claims.
>but that it was being kept secret.
If there are reports in the media about it, it is by definition not being
kept secret. I also don't remember saying it was kept secret. What I said
was that the nuclear power lobby will do everything it can to tone it down,
because they have large economic interests to protect.
>I think what Jeroen is refering to are so-called "cancer clusters".
>Several people in an area are diagnosed with cancer, and some
>environmental effect is blamed...power lines, nuclear power plants,
>pollution, etc.
Yes. I'm doing this from (my admittedly rusty) memory, but I do remember a
claim about a high number of cases of leukemia (sp) near a nuclear power
plant. My memory tells me it was Sellafield (UK), but it might have been
some other location. What I do remember is that it was blamed on the
nuclear power plant, since no other possible source was found.
Jeroen
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