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I’m not sure if this is a helpful comment. Yeah the dose matters. Do you have any numbers on the contamination levels of this site? Groundwater/soil contamination is notoriously hard to measure and the variance can be much bigger than the average. Given this history of government obfuscation around this issue, would you even trust their numbers? The concern is based on risk which needs to factor in more than the latest government estimate.


It's a helpful comment if people reflexively go "there's radiation?! That's dangerous!", which they do in my experience.

Reminders that things need quantification are often helpful to prevent people getting worked up over nothing or ignore important issues.

Without knowledge of the numbers saying "There's radioactivity!" should just cause a shrug.




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