[evilduck]

And yet living near the Rocky Mountains with a background radiation dose 3 times higher than gulf coast states still correlates with longer than average lifespans. Extrapolation of high dose outcomes might hint at what research needs to be performed but it doesn't mean the results will follow the same path.

[peteradio]

Curious on that. Is this based on a study intending to understand background raditation and lifespan? Or are you just asserting gulf states have lower lifespans than rocky mountain states and also they have lower background radiation. Without controls for cough cough obesity its meaningless.

[evilduck]

The very justified and panic-worthy deadly dose of radiation is around 1.4 million times greater than the background radiation that you can double or triple and not even notice.

And yet here we are with a comment thread of heated debate over a plastics exposure study that's 50 million times greater than realistic exposure levels. When or if a realistic exposure study is done we may find that a plastic cup is more like a transcontinental flight than living near a reactor meltdown. Let's find out before we jump to conclusions either way.