Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110316:22:44:00
One of the most common byproducts of fission in a nuclear reactor is iodide 131. that has to do with the atomic weight of iodine. because this is a substance that is metabolized by not just humans, but by all living things -- plants, animals and so forth. it gets into the food chain. when that happens you get very long-term problems. in chernobyl, for example, is main --ç the silver anniversar 25 years later, the mainle health effect was that of thyroid cancer. not other cancers, interestingly. these cancers were increased mainly in belarus, the neighboring country because of the winds that ...