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Nuclear Accidents & the Scientific Consensus feat. Gerry Thomas

Nuclear Accidents & the Scientific Consensus feat. Gerry Thomas

FromDecouple


Nuclear Accidents & the Scientific Consensus feat. Gerry Thomas

FromDecouple

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Geraldine Thomas is the director of the Chernobyl tissue bank and a Chair in Molecular Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College London. Surprisingly her research on the health impacts of the Chernbyl accident led her towards a pro-nuclear position due to the technologies clear benefits of slowing climate change and saving lives by producing no air pollution. Dr. Thomas shares that contrary to popular belief there is a scientific consensus that the Chernobyl accident has resulted in the deaths of less than 55 people as a result of radiation. This is based on the work of the UN scientific committee on the effects of atomic radiation (UNSCEAR) and the Chernobyl Forum that involved 8 major UN agencies and the participation of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Alternative reports quoting death tolls orders of magnitude higher are methodologically flawed and were sponsored by the European Green party and NGO's like Greenpeace who had an ideological objective and cherry picked evidence to match their hypotheses. For more information from Dr. Thomas see below
https://www.chernobyltissuebank.com/useful-podcasts-and-videos.htm
Released:
Jun 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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