Radioactive Quotes

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For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear… — James Buchan
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet… — William S. Burroughs
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general… — Frederick Soddy
The age of the earth was thus increased from a mere score of millions [of years] to a thousand millions and more, and the geologist… — William Johnson Sollas
Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. Our latest experiments have shown a very striking… — Frederic Joliot-Curie
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid… — Carl Sagan
Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires… — David R. Brower
Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that… — Imelda Marcos
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under any… — Edward Snowden
Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste. — Wes Smith
The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it… — Walther Bothe
It'sÂ ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is… — Pierre Schaeffer
Individual scientists like myself - and many more conspicuous - pointed to the dangers of radioactive fallout over Canada if we were to launch nuclear… — John Charles Polanyi
If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems labeling them as… — Adam Gollner
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken. Dust, the air of the room, and one's clothes, all become radioactive. — Marie Curie
I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements. — Douglas Coupland
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify… — David R. Brower
If you inhale a millionth of a gram of plutonium, the surrounding cells receive a very, very high dose. Most die within that area, because… — Helen Caldicott
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also impact… — Paul Stamets

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