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Eko

(7,282 posts)
19. What toxins are you talking about that have a half life of forever?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:21 PM
Sep 2019

Bear in mind a half life is
:in radioactivity, the interval of time required for one-half of the atomic nuclei of a radioactive sample to decay (change spontaneously into other nuclear species by emitting particles and energy), or, equivalently, the time interval required for the number of disintegrations per second of a radioactive material to decrease by one-half. https://www.britannica.com/science/half-life-radioactivity
or
In science, a half-life (also, as a noun, spelled half life ) is the amount of time it takes for half of a substance or entity to undergo some specified process. For example, the half-life of a radioactive substance is the amount of time it takes for half of its atoms to decay, and the half-life of a drug is the amount of time it takes before half of the active elements are either eliminated or broken down by the body. Depending on the particular substance involved, a half-life may be significantly shorter or longer than half of the substance's full period of activity. https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/half-life

We had this conversation before with something you picked and I showed you where the half life of that toxin was far less than radioactive elements, but you might have figured something else out so I am asking.

Tepco rejected all but the cheapest bid for treating the water before dumping it soryang Sep 2019 #1
Just great..................as a speices we are really stupid turbinetree Sep 2019 #2
Especially when you consider how important exboyfil Sep 2019 #5
Yepper spot on............................. turbinetree Sep 2019 #6
NO! Bayard Sep 2019 #3
And we know all the havoc Godzilla has created Perseus Sep 2019 #8
If I was a fish I would be cheering this. hunter Sep 2019 #4
What toxins are you talking about that have a half life of forever? Eko Sep 2019 #19
after all those years of fighting Godzilla you would think they'd have learned by now that yaesu Sep 2019 #7
NOT ACCEPTABLE! ChiTownDenny Sep 2019 #9
This is a local issue. A threat to local fishing. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #10
Well, that's totally different then. ChiTownDenny Sep 2019 #12
Thanks. elleng Sep 2019 #14
It's a tiny fraction of what we have, since the 50's put directly into that ocean. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #17
As if it hasn't been leaking out all along... Runningdawg Sep 2019 #11
Good grief! Nt BootinUp Sep 2019 #13
Is this that clean green nukular power I've been hearing so much about? Mc Mike Sep 2019 #15
No, old facilities built on earthquake fault lines and right by the water on a tsunami-prone coast. betsuni Sep 2019 #20
From an environmental standpoint, this is wonderful news NickB79 Sep 2019 #16
But look at all the money saved by going cheap on the emergency generators installation. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #18
Invariably, this will lead to paroxysms of stupidity, rather like the Tuna fish. NNadir Sep 2019 #21
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