E-mail Exchange with GreenPeace co-founder, Patrick Moore

Remain Calm>> Today you say the death toll is 50
Remain Calm>> The UN says it is closer to 4,000
Remain Calm>> And Greenpeace says it is closer to 90,000
Remain Calm>>
Remain Calm>>
Remain Calm>> http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-18-voa26.cfm

Moore> The UN says there may be as many as 4,000 premature deaths in the future,
Moore> based on the most liberal extrapolation.

RC> A bald-faced lie. The UN report actually estimated between 4,000 and 9,000.
RC> Therefore, it could not have been the most "liberal" extrapolation which
RC> yielded the 4,000 number.

Moore> Greenpeace has no evidence for their claim.

RC>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chernobyl-deaths-180406
RC> It does not look like they have "no evidence" to me.
RC>
RC> In other words, you have lied in my face. Either that, or spoken from a
RC> deep and unquestioned ignorance.
RC>
RC> Handbook of International Economic Statistics 1996
RC> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/chornobyl_radiation96.jpg
RC>
RC> And the sad part is, I believe in the future of nuclear power.

Moore> The World Health Organization and the UN Environment Program were among the
Moore> eight UN agencies involved in the 20 year study of Chernobyl.
Moore>
Moore> Cheers, Patrick Moore
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