Hi, I would just like to say i found this forum very informative=) now i am all for the LHC i tend to think the more advances in science the better but... i kind of understand peoples worries. "(I think it was known about the dangers of radiation, though I don't have a cite for it--hadn't people already died from it? Like Marie Curie?)" exactley it was known still some people caught cancer after the test blasts for the first a bomb right?!?! and wasnt Chernobyl a controlled experiment? werent they trying to keep making energy whilst the reactor was shutting down?? look how smooth that went... and there once was a time that people on earth had total certanty that the earth was flat even the scientist. so i am all for scientific progress but i do understand why some would worry and are not 100% sure of its saftey=)