Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is something that people think is dangerous but in reality is completely harmless?message-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that people think is dangerous but in reality is completely harmless?Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squarerjh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoit’s not the background radiation that worries people, it’s the risk of a Fukushima-type incident.
minus-squaremax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnd even then, despite the catastrophe it was, it only had 1 death attributed to it.
minus-squarerjh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTIL. That’s a good point. 20k deaths due to the earthquake but only 1 due to the power plant itself.
it’s not the background radiation that worries people, it’s the risk of a Fukushima-type incident.
And even then, despite the catastrophe it was, it only had 1 death attributed to it.
TIL. That’s a good point. 20k deaths due to the earthquake but only 1 due to the power plant itself.