{"id":4181,"date":"2011-12-21T03:08:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T01:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2013-03-01T00:43:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T22:43:05","slug":"3-strikes-and-youre-out-sherman-mangano-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/3-strikes-and-youre-out-sherman-mangano-does-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"3 strikes and you’re out! Sherman & Mangano does it again…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join the chanting!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once again the would-be world savers Janette Sherman (MD) and Joseph Mangano (something) are pushing for another round of scaremongering dressed in a scientific coat. They have got their nonsense about increased US infant mortality due to Fukushima published in a peer-reviewed journal. This time they have extended their faulty study and extrapolated the effect for the entire US. Lo’ and behold, 14 000 deaths so far, they claim! <\/strong>The article, published in the International Journal on Health Services<\/a>, can be found here<\/a><\/strong>. For a bit more easy reading, the press release here<\/a><\/strong> will probably do.<\/p>\n

We will not spend too much time on scrutinizing this study, and others are already on to it, for instance Michael Moyer<\/strong> in Scientific American<\/a><\/strong>, and Barbara Feder Ostrov<\/strong> in Reporting on Health<\/a><\/strong>. Furthermore, S&M have not made any amends for their first two faulty attempts (our comments here<\/a><\/strong> and here<\/a><\/strong>), and since the new article follows the same line of reasoning, we can only condemn them for trying to push the same lousy trick a third time. This is political activism from anti-nuclear icons, it is not science.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joseph Mangano shows the size of his remaining credibility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the media releases about this, we find some interesting statements by Mangano in Medpage Today<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In a telephone press conference, Mangano said the finding is a “clarion call for more extensive research.”<\/em><\/p>\n

But he told\u00a0MedPage Today that the researchers can’t rule out factors other than the Fukushima radiation that might have accounted for the excess.<\/em><\/p>\n

“There are probably a variety of factors that could be linked to this excess of 14,000 deaths,” he said. “But it does raise a red flag.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is indeed a clarion call. It is a call for celebrities like Alex Baldwin and Christie Brinkley to start contemplating what kind of nut-crack that they support financially. And it does raise a red flag, the umpire raises the red flag after three strikes. Sherman & Mangano, you’re OUT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other posts in various media on the same subject<\/h3>\n