Sorry if the brevity of the post lead to any ambiguities. I was up against HN's character limit. Exposure to radiation does, indeed make other materials radioa

Sorry if the brevity of the post lead to any ambiguities. I was up against HN's character limit. Exposure to radiation does, indeed make other materials radioactive. This is something the Navy learned during early atomic experiments like Bikini. It doesn't happen as much with foods because of the makeup of the atoms in foods. The kind of contamination I'm speaking of mostly happens with other metals.[0] The recent "rediscovery" of one of these ships in San Francisco Bay still shows high levels of radiation because the metal of which the ship is made has, itself, become radioactive (atomically unstable.)[1] I should have used a different word than "quantized," but we are saying the same thing. The subatomic structure of lead doesn't provide many opportunities for gamma particles to pass through. That said, the purpose of my post was to point out that radioactive materials cause harm at a distance which other substances, such as pollutants from making solar panels, do not. Radioactive materials can also transform other materials into dangerous substances when they were not previously. Radioactivity can also damage DNA chains and cause congenital disease and deformity (ie: diseased or damaged children) where other toxins that might be ingested by a person do not affect his or her offspring. These are the reasons that radioactivity differs from other types of hazards and can't really be compared to them. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation [1] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3159084/Radioactive-WWII-wreckage-discovered-Californian-coast-Aircraft-carrier-nuclear-cargo-amazingly-intact.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3159084/Radi...