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Wow, what a lucky fluke to have caught it. Makes me wonder how much construction material has contaminated materials in it that go undetected.
by SeanAnderson 1y ago
Wow, what a lucky fluke to have caught it. Makes me wonder how much construction material has contaminated materials in it that go undetected.
- moltar 1y agoSo much that in post Soviet countries it’s common to bring a Geiger counter to buy real estate. Usually the contamination is from natural sources like stone quarry that hasn’t been properly inspected.
- Gibbon1 1y agoThere was the Kramatorsk radiological accident in the Soviet Union (Ukraine) where a cesium 137 source used at a gravel quarry was lost. Ended up in the wall of an apartment. Four people died of leukemia over 9 years.
- mkfs 1y agoYou should know that Mexican steel was circumspect for years after this, with shipments regularly being checked at the border for contamination.