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DaysOfParadise t1_jcmnkbx wrote

The cancer rates everywhere in this aquifer are going to be high for decades

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vahntitrio t1_jcnz03g wrote

"High" is going to be a very relative term. It is lower than the old limit but higher than the new limit. The old limits probably had a target of less than 1 in a million chance of causing cancer, the new one is probably no chance of it ever happening.

Considering about 40% of people get cancer in their lifetime, an increase to 40.0001% couldn't really be considered high.

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