02-25-2009
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Member
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Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Global
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Re: The A Bombs Of Japan: necessary ???
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Originally Posted by Archer
Radioactivity 70 years after a fission bomb goes off? You really don't understand the science of nuclear weapons do you... put down "wacko conspiracy quarterly" and pick up some hard physics.
But you know what? I think I'm going to call in an expert. My father happens to be a pathologist... a real ol' Medical Doctor. I think I'm going to ask him for some Accredited sources on the topic... you know, the kind you can actually CITE. (something that conspiracy wackos ALWAYS stumble over)
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I know exactly what the scientists say about the US nuclear bombs. In the nuclear test ranges the radioactivity has decreased and only the nearest locations remain contaminated. But in the Japanese cities the radioactivity is still today killing people and many have got genetical mutations which will never fade away. And my sources are highly scientific ones (you can read more from the links of the example source here) and they tell about the results of long-lasting monitoring from Hiroshima and Nagasagi:
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There have been 9,335 deaths from solid cancer and 31,881 deaths from noncancer diseases during the 47-year follow-up. Of these, 19% of the solid cancer and 15% of the noncancer deaths occurred during the latest 7 years. We estimate that about 440 (5%) of the solid cancer deaths and 250 (0.8%) of the noncancer deaths were associated with the radiation exposure. The excess solid cancer risks appear to be linear in dose even for doses in the 0 to 150-mSv range.
A useful representative value is that for those exposed at age 30 the solid cancer risk is elevated by 47% per sievert at age 70.
The evidence for radiation effects on noncancer mortality remains strong, with risks elevated by about 14% per sievert during the last 30 years of follow-up. Statistically significant increases are seen for heart disease, stroke, digestive diseases, and respiratory diseases.
BioOne Online Journals - Studies of Mortality of Atomic Bomb Survivors. Report 13: Solid Cancer and Noncancer Disease Mortality: 1950?1997
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Shadows of Hiroshima | CBC Archives
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4758232.stm
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The uranium fuelled atom bomb detonated at 8.15 am, 600 meters (2000 feet) above the ground surface, in a calculated devilish design to maximise the devastation, reduced this beautiful city to a veritable picture of hell. 80,000 died instantly, and by the end of the year of 1945 another 60,000 succumbed to radiation poisoning and other dreadful injuries, bringing the death toll to 140,000, out of a total population of 300,000. Many more continued to die due to cancer and genetic complications caused by the atom bomb (A-bomb), and the death toll, as of today, stands at 242,437. Still about 270,000 A-bomb affected people or hibakusha, live in Hiroshima today.
Hiroshima Day: Remembering the Horrors of Nuclear Attack : Hiroshima Day: Remembering the Horrors of Nuclear Attack, DrNachiketaDas blogs on sulekha, Peace; Politics blogs, DrNachiketaDas blog from india
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Children of the Atomic Bomb was developed by AASC in partnership with James N. Yamazaki, UCLA professor emeritus in pediatrics. At the age of 33, Yamazaki was the lead physician of the 1949 U.S. Atomic Bomb Medical Team, studying the effects of nuclear bombing on children in Nagasaki, in which more than 100,000 persons died directly, with hundreds of thousands more being exposed directly and indirectly to the bomb. The children, both living and future generations, were especially vulnerable to the genetic effects of the bomb.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/ar...parentid=95317
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Last edited by Analyst; 02-25-2009 at 10:49 AM.
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