Health effects of radiation

Subject in Medicine

Health effects of radiation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know

  • Clark says he can understand residents who believe relatives died from the accident being deeply bitter at being dismissed.

    “everybody's telling you like no it's it's fine you're you're hysterical overreacting i can't imagine yeah not being deeply bitter about that”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 32:07

  • Clark concludes that the consensus that radiation releases were too small to affect health appears to be correct.

    “Almost everybody agrees that there was not enough of a radioactive release to actually affect human health or the environment”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 29:53

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Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know

  • Bryant notes studies finding increased infant deaths, cancer rates, and thyroid cancer correlations, though none proved causation.

    “There was a 2017 study that found a correlation between thyroid cancer and living in that region”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 30:46

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • Three Mile Island

    Stuff You Should Know · Jun 4, 2026 · 46 min

    Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident, its causes, health debates, cleanup, and effect on U.S. nuclear power.