[ RadSafe ] Japan death toll estimates

[Howard]

Jerry 
Are any of those deaths from radiation?
I understood them to be from explosion of hydrogen - 
related to production of nuclear plant hit by 30' tsunami, but not from "radiation".

Howard Long

On Mar 21, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Jerry Cohen <jjc105 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From this morning's news:
> 
> Latest death toll estimate from earthquake, tsunami, and reactor accident: 
> ~18,000
> 
> from reactor accident : ~ 5
> 
> Somehow, from the news coverage, It get the impression that release of 
> radioactivity is the major problem. Hmmmmm
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