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This study was published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

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RE: well how about
By lightfoot on 5/30/2011 12:41:44 AM , Rating: 2
But it's not good science because the two groups are not at all related. There is very little that the American population has in common with the people of eastern Europe, other than the fact that they were alive at the same time. Although some of the Americans may be descended from the eastern Europeans, the vast majority of Americans are different both culturally as well as genetically.

Without controlling for other factors it is impossible to prove causation.

A better measure would be to use the birth rate of the same geographic region (and population) before the accident and compare it with after the accident. If there is a causal relationship, it should be most pronounced in the years immediately following the incident and in those who were exposed to the highest concentrations of radiation.

Using a totally unrelated group as a control stinks of cherry-picking data points. Why was this specific control chosen?

Good science doesn't select their control groups.

RE: well how about
By Strunf on 5/30/2011 7:56:49 AM , Rating: 2
If you speak of genetics there's no such thing as Europeans or Americans cause if you take the population as a whole Europeans and Americans are pretty much the same.
Also it's not some Americans are descendants of Europeans it's most are... In Europe there aren't just white people either!

