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> It's also not a "nothingburger." How much area do you think one liter covers in ground area? Quite a lot? This makes it even safer. The next rainfall, and al
by cyberax 2y ago
> It's also not a "nothingburger." How much area do you think one liter covers in ground area?
Quite a lot? This makes it even safer. The next rainfall, and all the retardant is diluted to safe levels.
> All that crap washes down into waterways or leeches into the soil, then into the water table.
It's already there. Where do you think arsenic, chromium, lead, and other minerals come from?
> Chromium doesn't have a safe level
You do realize that chromium is a component of stainless steel? Your cookware leeches plenty of it.
And it's not particularly dangerous, either, unless it's in its hexavalent form.
> just like there's no such thing as a safe level of radiation.
There is. The normal background are about 20 micro-Roentgens per hour.
- im3w1l 2y agoI could totally believe that it would be good for our health if we could somehow eliminate the radiation background (but it's clearly not feasible).
- cyberax 2y agoThere are areas on Earth where the natural background radiation is literally dozens of times higher than normal. People there don't have elevated cancer risk or shorter life spans. Radon does cause elevated lung cancer risk, though.
- lazide 2y agoRadon does, also, oddly have a therapeutic effective with treating arthritis [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14673618/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14673618/].