Quote Originally Posted by Dr_Swizz View Post
My point was that is was very difficult and dangerous to drop that stuff from the helicopters. Hopefully the Japanese will figure out some other easier way of doing it.

Those figures you mention are way too low. There is plenty of confusion and desinformation regarding this. Total death toll is likely in the 100000-200000, if not even higher.
Yes it is dangerous to drop stuff from helicopter, but in the absence of a better way, it is the only way.

As for the death toll from that incident, the internationally agreed figure is 4000. That 4000 includes people who have not died yet. Greenpeace have said 90,000+ will die/have died but they have an agenda. Some other people put far higher figures but the data has yet to show strong enough trend. Now, birth defects and general sickness... well that is another issue. I could imagine huge numbers all around Europe have been effected.