Bonobo

“we show that U.S. counties located closer to operational nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates than those farther away”

OF COURSE IT’S MERE COINCIDENCE!!!!1

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69285-4
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National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States - Nature Communications

‘Populations residing near nuclear power plants may experience low-level chronic exposure to ionizing radiation through environmental release pathways. In here the authors find higher cancer mortality rates in U.S. counties closer to operational nuclear power plants, with the strongest relative risks observed in older adults.’

Nature
Mar 25 at 9:25pmWeb
Show threadSvante2d ago
@Bonobo This article is pseudo science that has already been thoroughly debunked here: https://www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/two-new-papers-are-wrong-about-cancer
Two New Papers Are Wrong About Cancer Risk from Nuclear Plants

Poor Research Design and Strong Claims Don’t Mesh Well

The Ecomodernist
Show threadBonobo2d ago

@Ardubal

Oh, really?

I mean, it’s not that Breakthrough Institute and “ecomodernism” unsuspicious re: nuclear.

What about this:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959804907008556

Show threadSvante2d ago

@Bonobo I am not asking you to just believe it. I am asking you to read and understand the criticism presented, and possibly to point out where the criticism is wrong.

Regarding your »what about«: the complete article is behind paywall, but they seem to commit similar missteps.

- distance as a proxy for exposure
- lack of plausible mechanism
- only cursory nod to confounding factors

And, for this kind of study, this last point is the most damning.