Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis

3 years ago by kuontom to c/politics

Under the new bill, Florida could have roads made of phosphogypsum, a material known by the EPA to contain a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," that's the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.

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b1_ 15 points 3 years ago

Radioactive roads could power the cars using them without the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil-fuel cars; combined with the self-driving car technology on the horizon, it's a far-sighted vision of the future that Ron Desantis should be applauded for - the one catch is every person who uses the roads is dead from cancer, but it's still a wonderful vision...just hope he doesn't use the roads while visualizing because he will lose his vision because of the radioactivity.

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