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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I don't assume that they didn't do their diligence. I am just explaining why people wouldn't automatically trust things solely because they have the title "scientist", even it is a group of them.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

The thing is that TEPCO and the Japanese government had such a conspiracy of silence going on, and such an insistence that their implementation of nuclear power was safe, that nobody believes a word they say - nor should they.

Myself, I think the release is probably safe. But I'm not an expert, and I'm not really qualified to read scientific studies (which is an important thing to know about yourself), and I wasn't lied to by the people now telling me this is totes harmless about how Fukushima was totes harmless until oh, it wasn't.

Shit's complicated.