Chernobyl: best health spa in Europe?

I just saw a stunning BBC documentary about the effects on humans of radiation exposure. Time to re-think our old ideas: low levels of radiation appear to be good for you! Don't believe me, listen to the scientists: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5173310.stm During the programme they showed a map of cancer hotspots in the US, and a map of almost exactly the opposite balance of high background radioactivity- a clear suggestion being that the radioactivity had the effect of reducing the incidence of cancer. Totally stunning stuff. Add that to an increasing number of environmentalists calling for nuclear power, and I'm convinced.

We’re all doomed, so to hell with wind farms

Off to a Greenpeace rally via the bottle bank in your eco-car, converted to run on organic carrot juice? Don’t bother. Instead, go for a burn-up in a Ferrari, crank up the heating and wait for the end of the world. This seems to be the message of James Lovelock, celebrated scientist and creator of the Gaia theory that taught us to think of the planet as a living organism. He declares it is too late to save civilisation as we know it, so save yourself. Find a mountain, perhaps on the island of Cornwall, before the floods arrive — London, he tells me, could be under the North Sea within 50 years.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2024911_1,00.html

And to balance the debate a little:

http://www.warmwell.com/06mar12zaclovelock.html