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In reply to the discussion: Vomiting road workers hospitalized after exposing mysterious nuclear waste [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)1. This is the problem with nuclear energy and its waste.
We think we are depositing the waste in a "safe" area that will never be inhabited, and area in which it will never cause harm to humans or even wildlife. But the world gets smaller and smaller and there is less and less wasteland in which to throw our poisonous waste.
We cannot impose our nuclear waste on future generations. That is one of the main reasons that I oppose nuclear energy.
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Vomiting road workers hospitalized after exposing mysterious nuclear waste [View all]
bananas
Apr 2012
OP
They lie so rich people can get richer. The most important thing in the world is for
valerief
Apr 2012
#18
No freaking kidding. I hope it's psychosomatic, or some other less potentially fatal toxic exposure
enki23
Apr 2012
#12
Pacific Highway site 'clear' of radioactive waste, Roads Minister Duncan Gay says
FarCenter
Apr 2012
#13
Radiation intense enough to cause nausea that quickly would have killed quickly too..
Fumesucker
Apr 2012
#37