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Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Pyr_Pressure 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The 1000+ number was just a random number. It was simply to highlight that the article never mentioned the total numbers sampled, just the total numbers found to have the high levels.

I don't doubt it was 44 out of 44, or that 44 out of 1000 is a lot as well, it simply wasn't the point that I was trying to make.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My point isn’t about 1000 or 10000. It’s that we shouldn’t make assumptions as to the interpretation of statistical characteristics without sufficient additional data.