Are they not in Cumbria? Isn’t that a clue to the real cause?
No, Scotland.
That 8/100 workers exposed will develop cancer is very bad
Yes it is, but that’s if they are right at the source for an hour. Apply the inverse square law and this figure falls dramatically.
Stand 10 metres away and its 8/10 000
Stand 100 metres away and its 8/1 000 000
Stand 1km away and its 8/100 000 000
So yes, I agree, the risk is primarily to the workers. As I said earlier in the thread, hats off to them (or it might have been a similar thread). It’s not a particularly enviable task.