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by russss 5572 days ago
Although this research is interesting, it isn't widely accepted yet. All major authorities still contend that there's not enough evidence to prove that low doses of radiation aren't harmful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model#Contr...

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To the best of my knowledge no major authority believes the LNT, the threshold model or the radiation hormesis model to be proven.

That said the French Academy of Sciences & National Academy of Medicine did cite the exact same study of Taiwanese people as well as a large number of laboratory studies in its 2005 report that criticized the LNT model.

In any case I wouldn't be worried in the least if I were in Tokyo right now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis