Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants

From	John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants
Date	2026-02-27 09:26 -0600
Organization	Dancing Horse Hill
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 Ho Li Phuc writes:
> There were claims by "experts" in the post World War II era that
> inner-city African-American children would eat the chips of falling
> apart plaster in old houses that contained lead from paint due to
> hunger.

Not hunger. Old paint sheds dust.  Small children often lick random
things and put all sorts of stuff in their mouths.  They then ingest
lead dust from lead paint.

> It was claimed by these "experts" that the lead exposure from eating
> the paint flakes lowered the IQ of these inner city children by 10 to
> 20 points.

While there is little doubt that there is an impact estimates of the
size of that impact are guesswork.

-- 
John Hasler 
john@sugarbit.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-26 06:14 +0000
  Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-02-26 10:15 +0100
    Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Ho Li Phuc <HLP@aol.com> - 2026-02-26 10:44 -0700
      Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2026-02-26 20:24 +0100
      Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-02-26 21:17 +0100
        Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-27 05:58 +0000
          Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Ho Li Phuc <HLP@aol.com> - 2026-02-27 08:03 -0700
            Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-02-27 09:26 -0600
            Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-02-28 20:25 +0100
              Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-01 07:16 +0000
    Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-02-26 21:04 +0100
      Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-02-26 22:17 +0100
        Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-02-27 13:41 +0100
    Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants x <x@x.net> - 2026-02-26 12:56 -0800
      Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-27 05:39 +0000
        Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Ho Li Phuc <HLP@aol.com> - 2026-02-27 11:52 -0700
        Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants x <x@x.net> - 2026-03-05 11:28 -0800
          Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-06 06:04 +0000
      Re: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants Ho Li Phuc <HLP@aol.com> - 2026-02-27 11:50 -0700

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