Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]

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Cake day: July 26th, 2020

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  • You’re right that this isn’t an exactly viable comparison. Though there do seem to be signs that tritium too, is subject to biomagnification. I’ve posted a link below

    Edit: for clarity, here’s the link again. The main takeaway for me is that phytoplankton can make tritium bio-available and that this bio-available form of tritium is both getting bio-magnified up the food-chain and is entirely disregarded by current legislation, since the bio-available form of tritium is technically in a different chemical configuration. If I’m getting any of this wrong, feel free to correct me, everyone


  • Sure, but a single particle of that drop when ingested may cause cancer (because there’s no thin film of aluminium inside of your body), the entire oceanic eco-system is one extremely complex filtering system for water - and a whole bunch of people get a substantial part of their diet from the sea.

    Also, from a cursory search I found this. Quote:

    Accumulations of organic tritium into the mussel tissues from tritiated-phytoplankton demonstrate an environmentally relevant transfer pathway of tritium even when water-concentrations are reduced, adding weight to the assertion that organically bound tritium acts as a persistent organic pollutant. The persistence, potential for biomagnification and the increased toxicity of organic tritium increases the potential impact on the environment following a release of HTO; current legislation does not adequately take into account the nature of organic forms of tritium and therefore may be underestimating accumulation and toxic effect of tritium in the environment.

    There’s a bunch more in the related articles below.