Reminded of something that Geraldine Thomas, founder of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank, wrote when the Fukushima drama was going on, "Look at the science – smoking and obesity are more harmful than radiation":

* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/26/obesity-...

> I can assure you that none of us are in the pay of the nuclear industry. I was anti-nuclear until I worked on the after effects of the Chernobyl accident – now I am very pro-nuclear as I realise that we have an unwarranted fear of radiation – probably due to all the rubbish about a nuclear winter we were fed during the Cold War.[10]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Thomas

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kmoser 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Individuals have a fair degree of control over whether they smoke or overeat. They have little to no control over a nuclear accident that may subject them to an indeterminate amount of radiation.

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wat10000 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That doesn't even make any sense. How can you compare the harm of completely different things with completely different mechanisms and exposures? And why would nuclear winter have anything to do with it?

	▲	andrewflnr 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> why would nuclear winter have anything to do with it? Because humans are creatures of association, not logic.
	▲	the_af 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Surely that the West's perception (especially the popular narrative) of Chernobyl is tinted with Cold War logic is self-evident?
	▲	NamlchakKhandro 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Surely you jest Sir. It's obvious, plain as day to any one who has eyes and can read.

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KennyBlanken 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism