TLDR · SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

THINGS THAT APPARENTLY CAUSE CANCER

breakthroughjournal.org12 min read

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The series of Harvard studies that showed that nuclear power plants were associated with higher rates of cancer and cancer mortality are nonsense. The methodology used in the studies will always show an increased cancer risk and mortality no matter what landmark is used. The studies simply do not prove anything about cancer incidence. Sophisticated statistics can produce extremely precise nonsense when the design fails to identify the causal mechanism.