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Aren’t we totally ignoring this with the renewed push for nuclear energy? If we insist nuclear waste can safely be stored than surely we can safely store PFAS.
by nonethewiser 4y ago
Aren’t we totally ignoring this with the renewed push for nuclear energy? If we insist nuclear waste can safely be stored than surely we can safely store PFAS.
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- jdiff 4y agoThere's a pretty big difference between the two. Nuclear waste is always tracked and treated carefully. PFAS are on store shelves and in homes and in landfills and are entirely untracked. Nothing's being ignored, it's just an entirely differently kind of situation.
- pkaye 4y agoWe don't use nuclear waste to make non stick pans and water resistant jackets.
- ted_dunning 4y agoNot non-stick pans. But yes, they did make red Fiesta ware using what is effectively low-level nuclear waste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_(dinnerware) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_(dinnerware)
- Chris2048 4y agoBut nuclear waste isn't going to be mass distributed?
- ALLTaken 4y agoHistory tells otherwise. Radioactive toothpaste was once a product... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doramad_Radioactive_Toothpaste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doramad_Radioactive_Toothpaste
- Chris2048 4y agoI said it in current/future tense, why ignore all cotext. What does 1920s product have to do with a now heavily regulated material? Also, AFAIK the radium in the toothpaste wasn't waste from a reactor?
- smileysteve 4y agoWatches and toothpaste are not enriched radioactive waste. Iodine, Bananas, and Smoke detectors are radioactive too.