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Old 06-16-2019, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SCAudiophile View Post
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While nuclear ppwer plants are not without risk and 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima are all tragic stories, there should be as much press about the damage and health issues caused by power plants, steel mills and other factories in the last hundred years and in general the mining and burning of fossil and other perilous fuels. Equally tragic and more cases of long term damage and health issues I might guess...

FWIW and simply opinion...
I agree. Coal mines and other mining operations, especially in other less developed countries are taking lives to this day. Sulfur mines for example, where life expectancy is barely over 50 years of age if one is lucky.

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