For what it's worth:
Nuclear power policy in the ’80s caused low birth weights after coal stepped inQuote:
[After nuclear power was replaced with coal burning power plants, the] average birth weight for infants declined 134 grams.
Birth weight is a strong indicator of the health of a baby, and low birth weights can suggest a host of health issues in the future, including lower IQ and earlier mortality, particularly from cardiovascular complications. The author concedes that the exact biological mechanism that causes pollution to contribute to low birth weight is still under investigation, but other studies have found that there is a link between the two.
The lower birth weight
correlates with total suspended particles so Lamma Island is hardly the worst affected area in Hong Kong.
Still, combine that with the increased radiation carried by the trace uranium and thorium in the fly ash and we have enough reason to dust off our THINK-OF-THE-CHILDREN banners and picket the darn plant, at least until they agree to share their cross-channel
intertubes cables with the community they're victimizing!
