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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (11230)1/9/2009 11:38:02 AM
From: Poet  Respond to of 33421
 
The effects of "mistakes" of this sort are often far more subtle than simply looking at whether someone died from the gross impact of the goo at the time of the spill.

I don't think this is a political issue. We disagree here. Fine by me.

onward

<edit> Point taken about dry v. wet. And I'm no fan of Boxer's tactics here either.



To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (11230)1/9/2009 11:44:01 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33421
 
Might be another reason to not concentrate it...
At issue is coal's content of uranium and thorium, both radioactive elements. They occur in such trace amounts in natural, or "whole," coal that they aren't a problem. But when coal is burned into fly ash, uranium and thorium are concentrated at up to 10 times their original levels.

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