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Nasruddin

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10. Better versions of the story
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:34 PM
Mar 2021

The Guardian has a better written version here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/09/france-has-underestimated-impact-of-nuclear-tests-in-french-polynesia-research-finds
(Quelle surprise)

I was able to find the original of the story thru them. There's an English version but the links appear damaged or incomplete so I'll just leave you with the French version.
https://disclose.ngo/fr/investigations/toxique
Lire l'enquete has more background info if you need it -
It goes here
https://moruroa-files.org/
& there's a choice of (working) English or French versions.

Side note:
The utter, incredible ignorance of many journalists & their editors when covering science topics is a real danger to us all. Be very, very skeptical of anything in the press written about a science topic, at least in American press or by American "journalists". If you know anything about the topic you will usually be astounded by how wrong they are, & if you don't but do your own background work (like here) you will wind up shaking your head.

Among other things it's no wonder there's so much accusation of fake news - a lot of it is fake!


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