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How would nuclear waste harm the environment?
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Wiki User
01/28/2015
Nuclear waste would harm people and animals rather than the
environment as such. I have not seen evidence on the effect of
radiation on vegetation. Nuclear waste must be well contained and
shielded to avoid damaging people, and so long as everyone
concerned is careful and responsible, this won't happen.
If it leaked into rivers or was spread over farmland it would be
ingested by grazing animals and fish and hence would enter the
human food chain, and if it became high enough would then start to
harm human health.
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