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Nothing abstract about it. Low-level waste is really not dangerous.
by user-the-name 5y ago
Nothing abstract about it. Low-level waste is really not dangerous.
- teachrdan 5y agoThat's not necessarily the case. In Europe after Chernobyl, radioactivity accumulated in cow's milk via grass contaminated with strontium. Children were particularly at risk because strontium is absorbed into growing bones in a similar manner to calcium. Even a low-level of radioactivity in that context can be harmful. https://hidex.com/ebooks/liquid-scintillation-measuring-procedures/measuring-procedures/radionuclides-from-nuclear-fission-activities/2-3-4-strontium-in-milk/ https://hidex.com/ebooks/liquid-scintillation-measuring-proc... https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(96)76532-3/pdf#:~:text=The%20present%20study%20evaluated%20after,monthly%20from%201987%20to%201994.&text=Based%20on%20this%20result%2C%20the,of%2010%2C410%20d%20for%20goSr https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(96)....
- logifail 5y agoI (believe I) appreciate the physics of that claim ... but why do we bother collecting it and handling it separately?