[baybal2]

There are already things way worse than plutonium in Ganga.

[wewake]

What's worse than radioactive isotopes that can't possibly be filtered out in conventional water treatment plants?

Pollution is an issue in majority of rivers in the world, especially in developing countries but doesn't justify or discount radioactive waste in there.

[baybal2]

Intestinal tract infections can kill you within days after a single gulp of polluted water.

Heavy metals take months, to years to debilitate, or kill.

[wewake]

> Intestinal tract infections can kill you within days after a single gulp of polluted water.

Your point being? What do you think water treatment plants are for?

[baybal2]

My point is, even with plutonium in water, India would have much bigger, and harder to fix problems that that.

Finding plutonium would be nowhere near as hard as thousands of sources of untreated sewage.

[tobylane]

What are you referring to?

[ignoramous]

Pollution of the Ganges: https://www.gettyimages.in/photos/pollution-on-river-ganga?s...

[wu_187]

dead bodies