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I'm hard pressed to come up with an alternative. Fallout is fissile byproducts falling to ground from the atmosphere after a "nuclear explosion." While Fukushim
by jpitz 16y ago
I'm hard pressed to come up with an alternative. Fallout is fissile byproducts falling to ground from the atmosphere after a "nuclear explosion." While Fukushima did not experience a nuclear explosion, the results are similar, if not vastly safer.
The problem I had with the article was that it didn't deal with public health risk until the very end.
- orenmazor 16y agoyou can call it radioactive contamination, which is what it is. fallout is a _type_ of radioactive contamination, as well as an excellent dessert survival game. but you're right. its easy to pick the wrong word without thinking. it just bugs me that 'fallout' is the one they go with, because I know its done to get eyeballs.
- JonnieCache 16y agoI know this is pedantic, but the phrase "dessert survival game" is just too good to let go. And now I'm hungry.