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A useful perspective is that we find contaminants from fossil fuel burning everywhere.
by scott_s 8y ago
A useful perspective is that we find contaminants from fossil fuel burning everywhere.
- rosser 8y agoI've read, though can't find a citation right now, that we dump more radioactive gunk into the atmosphere every year, just from burning coal, than has been released in all the nuclear accidents in history, combined.
- voxadam 8y agoCoal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste — Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-... — Radiological impact of airborne effluents of coal and nuclear plants DOI: 10.1126/science.202.4372.1045
- rosser 8y agoThanks! By "can't find", I'd meant, "not in a place where I can take the time" because my build was about to finish, sorry. I think this SA article's title is a bit hyperbolic, frankly. The editor's note even cites the article's text having been changed so as not to say that. But not the headline...