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FBaggins

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27. Entirely missing from the article is any relevant data

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:27 AM

12 hrs ago

We have been building road surfaces (and homes) from radioactive material for centuries (they’re called bricks).

The activity source (radium/radon from decay of uranium) appears to be the same and the concentration appears to be similar.

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EPA approves pilot project to make road out of radioactive material in Florida [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

I'm sure it'll be in the highest income areas LetsGetSmartAboutIt Yesterday #1

amd, of course this stuff is done in poor black neighborhoods rampartd Yesterday #3

street provides its own lighting rampartd Yesterday #2

Sounds a lot like what is speculated as one of the things that helped kick off evolution. cstanleytech 18 hrs ago #21

perhaps the gift we leave the surviving species as we slouch towards extinction rampartd 18 hrs ago #22

I'm kinda meh over it though as the problems with the radon seem to occur when it's long term concentration. cstanleytech 18 hrs ago #23

after katrina, thousands of hhomes repaired with "chinese drywall" essentially radioactive gypsum rampartd 17 hrs ago #24

They'll find a way... 2naSalit Yesterday #4

Phosphogypsum used in playground surfaces? maxsolomon Yesterday #15

Yup... 2naSalit Yesterday #16

When it rains, the radioactive material will leach into the surrounding soil. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #5

110 Percent Dum djacq Yesterday #6

Trump approved it, Biden stopped it's approval years ago but what...the EPA head and others decided to re-instate it? Bengus81 Yesterday #7

Trump had already picked Lee Zeldin to head the EPA Jose Garcia Yesterday #8

Current EPA head Michael Regan BumRushDaShow Yesterday #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Yesterday #18

What else could go wrong in Florida? Clouds Passing Yesterday #10

This is Cherokee100 Yesterday #11

Just when you think Florida could not get stupider... NotHardly Yesterday #12

A little more on this PILOT project: maxsolomon Yesterday #13

I included a link to the Federal Register notice BumRushDaShow Yesterday #14

"the project is at least as protective of public health as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a stack." maxsolomon Yesterday #17

WTF? We are slipping into insanity. And Rod Serling isn't narrating anymore. Evolve Dammit 22 hrs ago #19

It's the radioactivity stupid. It has HALF-lives of thousands of years. No better way to tell future generations FU. Evolve Dammit 22 hrs ago #20

Long half-lives usually means less dangerous. NutmegYankee 15 hrs ago #25

It shall be named "Cancer Road" sakabatou 13 hrs ago #26

Entirely missing from the article is any relevant data FBaggins 12 hrs ago #27

"Entirely missing from the article is any relevant data" BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #29

Mar-a-Lago Beach Club needs new Black Top Seal would this Work? Oneear 12 hrs ago #28

but why???? Why is this material necessary? Aren't there thousands of other things LymphocyteLover 10 hrs ago #30

I remember when they assured us they would have a plan for spent radiation travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #31