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Researchers say contamination found at Montebello Islands is part of fallout from 1950s British tests and will persist for thousands of years

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah it wasn't that bad on the guardian's part, papers have always written headlines that sell. And you absolutely 100% don't want to inhale plutonium dust. It alpha decays with a lot of energy, which even in small amounts is a recipe for lung cancer. IDK specifics for how much it would take to get kicked up and be deadly.