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Demeter

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4. Since when is a "pre-cancerous nodule" equivalent to hypothyroidism?

Reply to PamW (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 09:07 PM

Dec 2013

Here in the Midwest, hypothyroidism is common throughout history, due to the low levels of iodine in local food and water and salt. My grandmother had it.

What she didn't have was cancer, ever.

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Scientists Link Spike in Thyroid Disease to Fukushima Disaster [View all] Demeter Dec 2013 OP

JUNK SCIENCE!!! PamW Dec 2013 #1

Mangano's self-serving lies PamW Dec 2013 #2

Since when is a "pre-cancerous nodule" equivalent to hypothyroidism? Demeter Dec 2013 #4

They aren't "pre-cancerous nodules" FBaggins Dec 2013 #7

Which is why their parents can't get insurance for their kids. I see. Demeter Dec 2013 #8

Untrue. FBaggins Dec 2013 #10

Concerning the author Demeter Dec 2013 #3

Did you forget the sarcasm icon? LouisvilleDem Dec 2013 #5

So, if a man is working to put himself out of business, he's a fake? Demeter Dec 2013 #6

Yes, one of is on the wrong side of the looking glass LouisvilleDem Dec 2013 #11

Of course his livelihood depends on it. FBaggins Dec 2013 #9

So shut down the nukes, and put him out of business! Demeter Dec 2013 #13

Junk science and junk journals PamW Dec 2013 #18

CONFIRMED: 36 Percent Of Fukushima Kids Have Abnormal Thyroid Growths And Doctors Are In The Dark Demeter Dec 2013 #12

Thyroid Control Screening Reveals Much Higher Percentages of Cysts and Nodules... FBaggins Dec 2013 #14

Since the entire nation was/is still subject to fallout Demeter Dec 2013 #15

No even close. FBaggins Dec 2013 #16

I'll take what Caldicott is talking about madokie Dec 2013 #17

Caldicott is as bad as Mangano PamW Dec 2013 #19

MISREPRESENTATION and LIES PamW Dec 2013 #20

Fukushima: Wave of Radiation Will Be Ten Times Bigger than All of the Radiation from Nuclear Tests C mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #21