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Exactly! In the extreme, things like mercury have an infinite half-life and are toxic forever. Yet nuclear waste always gets the bad reputation because it becom
by acidburnNSA 6y ago
Exactly! In the extreme, things like mercury have an infinite half-life and are toxic forever. Yet nuclear waste always gets the bad reputation because it becomes less dangerous with time. Odd.
- tuatoru 6y agoNot odd at all. Just very, very successful propaganda. The coal industry's astroturfed anti-nuclear campaign in the 1960s and 1970s has warped thinking on this for generations.