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On the one hand, people keep reporting Fukushima is worse than we've been told, but on the other hand, others keep reporting the danger is still being exaggerated. I think both are true. The damage and threat is greater than government is telling, but it's nowhere near what people fear.

"Deaths rose 4.46 percent from 2010 to 2011 in the 14 weeks after the arrival of Japanese fallout, compared with a 2.34 percent increase in the prior 14 weeks. The number of infant deaths after Fukushima rose 1.80 percent, compared with a previous 8.37 percent decrease. Projecting these figures for the entire United States yields 13,983 total deaths and 822 infant deaths in excess of the expected."

This is pure fear-mongering. There's no way to link those deaths to Fukushima, and I have serious doubts about the data in any report that would stoop that low.

You can't help but love an article in which Thomas Sowell schools President Obama on African history.