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So, how radioactiove exactly it is ? I suppose it's the very bad kind of radioactive too, since water can easily be ingested ?

curryst 6y ago
I don't think there are any kinds of radiation that are safe to ingest. But yeah, I would guess it's gamma radiation.
- colechristensen 6y ago
  Have you ever eaten a banana?
  - shagie 6y ago
    Following up on this... https://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/ Eating a banana is slightly more radiation than living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant (and 1/3 the amount from living within 50 miles of a coal plant).
- BlueTemplar 6y ago
  My point is that some types of radiation carriers are easier to ingest (or breathe in) than others.
h2odragon 6y ago
I'm guessing "not very radioactive" https://weather.com/news/news/2021-04-03-leak-at-florida-phosphate-plant-tampa-bay-manatee-county-piney-point https://weather.com/news/news/2021-04-03-leak-at-florida-pho... > Hopes said Saturday afternoon that snook live in the pond that is in danger of collapsing and he has seen ducks swimming on top of it.
- BlueTemplar 6y ago
  So did animals in Chernobyl.
- ridethebike 6y ago
  Not great but not terrible
- Bjartr 6y ago
  Something radioactive enough to significantly increase your chances to have cancer in your lifetime can have no indication at all at the time of exposure. It's one reason it's important to be so careful about radioactive waste and it's disposal.
pfdietz 6y ago
Phosphate ores contain uranium. The gypsum picks up the decay product radium, which is an alkaline earth element like calcium. Radium emits gamma rays and alpha particles, and also produces radon.
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throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Covered in TFA, not radioactive enough to be radioactive in anything other than a technical sense. It's still nasty though because it's basically the leftover concentrate from an industrial process.

curryst 6y ago

I don't think there are any kinds of radiation that are safe to ingest. But yeah, I would guess it's gamma radiation.

colechristensen 6y ago
Have you ever eaten a banana?
- shagie 6y ago
  Following up on this... https://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/ Eating a banana is slightly more radiation than living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant (and 1/3 the amount from living within 50 miles of a coal plant).
BlueTemplar 6y ago
My point is that some types of radiation carriers are easier to ingest (or breathe in) than others.

h2odragon 6y ago

I'm guessing "not very radioactive" https://weather.com/news/news/2021-04-03-leak-at-florida-phosphate-plant-tampa-bay-manatee-county-piney-point https://weather.com/news/news/2021-04-03-leak-at-florida-pho... > Hopes said Saturday afternoon that snook live in the pond that is in danger of collapsing and he has seen ducks swimming on top of it.

BlueTemplar 6y ago
So did animals in Chernobyl.
ridethebike 6y ago
Not great but not terrible
Bjartr 6y ago
Something radioactive enough to significantly increase your chances to have cancer in your lifetime can have no indication at all at the time of exposure. It's one reason it's important to be so careful about radioactive waste and it's disposal.

pfdietz 6y ago

Phosphate ores contain uranium. The gypsum picks up the decay product radium, which is an alkaline earth element like calcium. Radium emits gamma rays and alpha particles, and also produces radon.

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throwaway0a5e 6y ago

Covered in TFA, not radioactive enough to be radioactive in anything other than a technical sense. It's still nasty though because it's basically the leftover concentrate from an industrial process.