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Science & Technology
Fukushima Radiation Killed Thousands of Americans
2012-01-04
In a study released just before Christmas, researchers estimate that 14,000 Americans died due to the effects of radioactive materials released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in March 2011.

We take it apart in this piece.
14,000 out of a population of 350,000,000 comes out to a 0.0004 percent increase in the mortality rate, assuming my often faulty arithmetic is correct. And the cause is, of course, absolutely nailed to Fukushima. It couldn't possibly be something else, like Global Warming/Nuclear Winter/The Brutal Afghan Autumn, or bird flu, or swine flu, horse flu, duck flu, or an increase in solar radiation by-products associated with Green Technology™.
Posted by:Chuck Simmins

#13  Kinda late in the day to say it but:

Nice work, Chuck.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-01-04 23:22  

#12  I knew the pain in my fingertips was lethal. My wife said that I cut my nails too short. Now I know what happened - radiation poisoning.
Posted by: Super Hose   2012-01-04 21:12  

#11  Uh huh.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2012-01-04 20:00  

#10  I blame Bush ... and global warming ... and capitalism. Now, where's my unicorn?
Posted by: Cincinnatus Chili   2012-01-04 15:15  

#9  remember:
head shots, and don't get any on ya
Posted by: Frank G   2012-01-04 15:04  

#8  I look forward to the radioactive zombie apocalypse!
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-01-04 14:35  

#7  I think my grandson has that game...

He's got every other game, anyway...
Posted by: Fred   2012-01-04 14:27  

#6  Japanese are dying in droves and will all have to move to other countries.

Oh, that's just great - a plague of radioactive Nipponese zombies. It's going to be World War Z all over again.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-01-04 14:10  

#5  I have conclusive proof they all choked on HOPE.
Posted by: Shimble Guelph5793   2012-01-04 13:57  

#4  Not too tough... I just took a look at the publishing journal. It's a front for US socialized medicine- they even have Frances Fox Piven on the editorial board.
The science is crap, but that's a distraction.
Posted by: Free Radical   2012-01-04 13:53  

#3  Oh no, the same hysterics also say that the Japanese are dying in droves and will all have to move to other countries.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-01-04 13:30  

#2  Pretty damn quick mortality for a low-level leak. Pardon me if I squint and look askance at this report.
Posted by: mojo   2012-01-04 13:29  

#1  Yet not one Japanese. Amazing.
Posted by: Grunter   2012-01-04 12:28  

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