Landfill leachate is quite terrifying. You end up with a bunch of reactions between whatever random assortment of garbage found itself on the same truck, and th

Landfill leachate is quite terrifying. You end up with a bunch of reactions between whatever random assortment of garbage found itself on the same truck, and the resulting liquid is acidic enough to dissolve pipes as well as heavily contaminated with heavy metals. I am fine with landfills, but they're one of those engineering marvels -- like bridges, microwave ovens, sky scrapers, aircraft, high voltage transformers, cranes, or motor vehicles -- that are about taking something inherently dangerous and letting us interact with it safely.