Comment Re:The Worlds worst nuclear accident (Score 2) 149
Also one point that the anti-nukes often omit is that not all forms of cancer are linked to radiation. Many people who use the cancer argument against nuclear power forget all of the other factors that influence cancer growth and detection and seem to ignore statistics. My favorite reply to them is to note that about half of the counties around nuclear power plants have above average instances of cancer*. They get all worked up and see that as proof that the plants are dangerous without realizing that by the law of averages about half need to be above the average for there to be an average.
*This is a mostly made up statistic but it is close enough to accurate since, hey, its an average.
*This is a mostly made up statistic but it is close enough to accurate since, hey, its an average.