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When I was younger and learned about all the bat shit crazy stuff like this the US military was doing with nuclear weapons, I assumed that it would cause long term insidious effects on human health, even if it happened only in indirect ways via the ecosystem and atmosphere. Today, I'm not convinced either way. But when there are reports saying cancer incidence has increased over the last half of this century, and you add to that picture all the crazy nuclear testing that went on plus all the new chemicals put into agricultural soil, food, water, etc. and the rise of plastic containers, all without any valid long term health testing done beforehand, you can't help but think there's going to be a connection.

"Hey lets's have a naked roof party and watch the nuclear bomb explode in the sky because it'll be groovy, baby!!!"



Please, you'd expect cancer incidence to go up if for no other reason than that we're dieing less from other causes.


Because detonating nuclear weapons on the earth, in the earth, in the oceans, in the air, and in space near the earth, could not possibly cause cancer.


How?

Remember, the radiation changes from this stuff is lost in the background noise you get from materials released when burning coal, or from the minute amounts of radioactive material in bananas, or the radioactive materials in smoke alarms.




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