I saw Big Ben.
 
When I was in London Town.

The tritium molecule is so small that it passes through the concrete containment and escapes from nuclear reactors. It is responsible for ozone in the lower atmosphere. When they tested atomic bombs in the pacific the ozone (air pollution) in Los Angeles became so bad that they had to stop using smudge pots in the citrus groves.
People with other motives blame it on cars and trucks but cesium is the culprit and the more nuclear power plauild the worse air pollution will become. We measuse air pollution by the ammount of ozone in the lower atmosphere. You may as well stick your head in the sand with everyone else.
I wouldn't worry about mercury. Most of us older folks played with it from broken thermometers when we were kids. I still have a small bottle of it... and I still use mercury fever thermometers... Ebay/China... they WORK! Cesium... tritium...
 
http://www.thebear.org/essays2.html#anchor506009
 
J

 
This page describes the various compounds tested for:
 
http://www.air.dnr.state.ga.us/amp/

 
At first glance it would appear that the tritium molecule is 3x as massive as hydrogen.
 
I'm just an arm chair ion. Is there a chemist in the house?
 
:-)
 

 
I remember Aussie Ben.
 
He was a drunken chef.
 
But he was alright.
 
Especially if you wanted to talk cricket with him.
 
 

 
...but he wasn't much for Oscar Wilde. :-) 

bapu
I saw Big Ben.
 
When I was in London Town.

I saw that too when I was there ... it was really big.

jbow
Most of us older folks played with it from broken thermometers when we were kids. I still have a small bottle of it... and I still use mercury fever thermometers... 
 
J

Now it all makes sense.
 
... I think it's tea time.
 

SteveStrummerUK

SongCraft
IMHO, I think the human race got off on the wrong path --- mainly and initially due to false and ridiculous beliefs along with suppression of freewill and atrocities; wars, torture, famine along with greed, selfishness and prejudice that followed and still to this day all these issues continue. 

You only need to look at history and the present to see that humans are very destructive, cruel, selfish and greedy more or less; there are some people who are far worse than others. 

The human race should base their directives on benevolence principles in regards to life and achieving greatness not just for oneself but also for all humanity along with respect and care for the environment.  The greatest wealth is freewill, knowledge and contributing towards a better quality of life for all along with better care for the environment.   Freedom and equality for every living being and to do no harm to anybody. 

 
 
Well put Greg - I'm 100% in agreement with everything you say here.
 
The sooner everyone realises and accepts that we're just another animal - a primate that got a few ‘lucky’ evolutionary breaks - the sooner that maybe we can all learn to get along.
 
The over-riding concern of the last decade or so, and definitely for the future, is that those determined to impose their way of life on others by any means possible now possess, or soon will possess, the nuclear technology to back up that threat.
 
My worry is that there will never be a solution capable of allowing all of humanity to co-exist at the very least, let alone live together.
 
 

Good to know you agree 100%. 

Yes, there may not be a solution since there are so many issues going on which further complicates matters.  Billions of voices all crying out, many long held beliefs eschewed and left in doubt, all whilst billions live among inequality, corruption and injustice with a gut feeling that there is no way out.  Anyway, I cannot explain my thoughts about this any further without crossing the TOS threshold. 

When I saw Big Ben in '81, it wasn't working and had scaffolding all around it (apparently they were trying to wind it?).