Cancer Bullshit at a US Missile Base
Some dubious claims show that history may be repeating itself
News out of Malmstrom Air Force Base is that Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, is ordering an investigation into the number of cases of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma among former officers at the base. Malmstrom is best known as a Minuteman ICBM base (and is also known for the fictional claim that UFOs can take out our nuclear arsenal).
The total number of former officers reporting Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is nine. One has died.
Sounds reasonable when you first hear it, right? Nuclear missiles have thermonuclear warheads, stuffed with radioactive plutonium and uranium. Spend a lot of time around that stuff, and you’re likely to get a heavy dose of radiation, over time, and possibly get cancer as a result.
Except everything is wrong with that.