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mavhc
4135 days ago
Coal contributes to most of the mercury pumped into our atmosphere, which is what's contaminating the fish, and more radiation than nuclear power.
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Synaesthesia
4135 days ago
Coal power also contributes more radiation to the atmosphere than nuclear power, or weapons ever did! It does this because of trace amounts of uranium and other radioactive elements which are in coal, released when burnt.
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